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2005 Annual Report Announcement
Northpower is pleased to announce a net profit for the financial year ending 31 st March 2005 of $11.8m - up 16.7% on last year’s result. The Board has also declared a final dividend of $4,094,650 to be paid to the Northpower Electric Power Trust.
Line charge increase for Energy Retailers operating in Northpower’s network
Line charges for Energy Retailers operating in Northpower’s network will increase from 1 April 2005.
ConsumerLine March 2005
In this issue of ConsumerLine read how Consumers received a combined $6 million dollars in the form of a line charge holiday on their power bill; what to do if your power has been disconnected for six months or more and who to call first if you have a power fault.
ConsumerLine October 2004
In this issue of ConsumerLine read about why it is important to keep Northland’s only Electricity Rescue Helicopter flying; new low fixed line charges for homes and why community education is on the move.
2004 Annual Report Announcement
Northpower is pleased to announce a net profit for the financial year ending 31st March 2004 of $10.1m up 7.7% on last years result. The Board has also declared a final dividend of $3.5m to be paid to the Northpower Electric Power Trust.
ConsumerLine October 2003
In this issue of ConsumerLine read about the importance of educating children on electrical safety; Northland’s only Rescue Helicopter and how it saved one Diver’s life and why you should call Northpower first before planning any underground digging or excavation.
Northpower team wins national linesmen competition
A Northpower team has taken 1st place at the National Linesmen Competitions held in Hamilton over 3 days last week. 10 teams from around New Zealand competed for the trophy.
2003 Annual Report Announcement
Northpower is pleased to announce a net profit for the financial year ending 31st March 2003 of $9.4m. The Board has also declared a final dividend of $3.3m to be paid to the Northpower Electric Power Trust.
$1.9M project to upgrade older ripple control injection system
Northpower has begun a $1.9M project to upgrade its older ripple control injection system. Northpower has used “ripple control systems” for the last 50 years to switch controllable load, such as water heaters, from peak load times to non peak load times.
New Mangawhai Substation Commissioned
On 15 November 2002 the Mangawhai 33,000 volt Substation tripped out due to a fault in the 33/11 kV transformer. This fault ignited the transformer oil and the subsequent fire destroyed the whole substation.
Media Contact
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Steve Macmillan
Public Affairs Manager
Phone: 09 978 2903
Mobile: 029 770 4693
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