Services
As well as owning the lines network in the Whangarei area, Northpower provides a wide range of related services. These include:
In this section:
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House COV Inspection
As your home ages, some insurance companies will not renew your home insurance policy without sighting an electrical Certificate of Verification (COV) ensuring your home is electrically safe.
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Design of Metering
For information about the design and installation of meter stations.
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Distributed Generation
Connecting small scale distributed generation to our Network
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Electricity Easements
An electricity easement grants Northpower the right to access Electricity Reticulation on all private property as required by the Network.
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Boat and Caravan EWOF
Let us take the hassle out of your next EWOF (Electrical Warrant of Fitness) for your boat, caravan or motorhome.
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Electromagnetic Fields
Electromagnetic fields and electricity distribution networks
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Escorting High Loads
For assistance transporting high loads through our Lines Network.
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Excavating Near Powerlines
Providing a cable location service to identify underground power cables.
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Line Planning
Design of Low Voltage Reticulation Systems
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Residential Power Supply
Are you connecting or disconnecting power to your property?
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Resource Consent Clearance
Subdivision resource consent clearance for electricity supply.
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Service Line Ownership
Did you know you own the service line on your property and are responsible for its maintenance?
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Thermal Imaging
Thermal imaging is an effective tool used to discover potential failures of electrical equipment - BEFORE they happen.
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Vegetation Control
Trees close to powerlines can be dangerous and in stormy conditions will often cause interruptions to the power supply. Talk to us about maintaining your trees near powerlines.
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Voltage Fluctuations
What to do when you experience poor quality of power supply.
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Current Career Vacancies
- Senior Power Systems Technician
- Invoicing Team Leader – Auckland
- Administrator – Rotorua
- HV Project Estimators
- Trade Specialist (Cabling Jointing – Low and High Voltage Applications)
- Design & Estimation – Team Lead
- Glove and Barrier Line Mechanics
- Substation Power Technician
- Sub Transmission Jointer
Did you know?
Our live line workers use elevating buckets to get up to the lines. The buckets and the boom that raises them are insulated to 56,000 volts.