Gabrielle damage eats up all year's lines repair budget

Gabrielle damage eats up all year's lines repair budget
The early estimate was it would take $100m to repair electricity lines damage caused by Gabrielle. (Image: Getty)
Ian Llewellyn
The estimated cost for electricity lines companies to restore power due to Cyclone Gabrielle is about $100 million, exceeding the entire annual budget for such work across the whole country and the $81m spent in the previous year.Electricity Networks Association (ENA) chief executive Graeme Peters said the 27 lines companies covering New Zealand had a combined forecast service restoration and emergency capital expenditure spend of $76.4m in the year ending March 31, 2023.The actual spend on service interruption and emergency operating expenditu...

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