Transpower clarifies electricity price increases

Transpower clarifies electricity price increases
Transpower charges will be increasing. (Image: NZME)
Ian Llewellyn
Transpower has clarified a press statement that seemed to imply that households would be better off from changes to the transmission charging regime.More and more households and businesses are getting notifications of what well-signalled price increases will mean for their individual bills.One of the drivers is the increase in revenue approved by the Commerce Commission for Transpower, which transmits electricity around the country, and lines companies, which distribute electricity to consumers.The need to maintain and upgrade the electricity n...

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