Hydro companies will pass on any water charges, owner says

Hydro companies will pass on any water charges, owner says
Oct 10 (BusinessDesk) – Hydo-electricity generators will likely pass on any charges for water in higher power bills, Infratil, the majority owner of TrustPower, says. The comment is made in a prospectus for a bond sale released by the infrastructure investor on Wednesday. TrustPower and other hydro generators do not pay for access rights to water that have been granted by resource consents. There is an increasing focus on the value of these access rights, and the issue of allocation is currently being addressed by the New Zealand Land and W...