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Northpower wins WA contract, eyes further Australian business
Energy News, New Zealand. Written by Edward White.
Northpower’s Perth-based subsidiary contracting company West Coast Energy (WCE) has secured a contract with major Western Australian (WA) electricity transmission and distribution company Western Power.
First for female line mechanic
Esito.org.nz
Northpower’s line mechanic Michelle Burke has become the first woman in New Zealand to gain dual qualifications in transmission and distribution.
Vector Fibre Debate: Fibre, farming and Star Trek
Scoop.co.nz
Long-time Northpower chairman and deer farmer Warren Moyes is working hard to ensure fellow farmers are given a similar chance to urban dwellers in accessing the soon-to-be-introduced ultra-fast fibre broadband.
Faster internet boosts outlook
Northern Advocate, Whangarei
A Government plan to roll out high-speed broadband to rural New Zealand - with a promise the whole country will get faster internet speeds - has been welcomed in Northland.
Injection of intelligence promises savings on energy
NZ Herald by Anthony Doesburg
With the debate about the need for a national broadband network behind us and the contract-letting phase nearing, the discussion is moving on to another kind of network.
Northpower’s 52,000 users to share credits worth $5m
Northern Advocate, WhangareiNorthpower’s 52,000 electricity users will get credits of between $35 and $45 as the company gives a $5 million “lines holiday”.
Lines companies best fit for fibre
A visiting international fibre specialist says electricity lines companies are the obvious choice for activating New Zealand’s ultra-fast broadband platform.
Ngawha gets credit for power staying on
Northern Advocate, Whangarei
More than 23,000 Northpower customers were without power because of an electricity network outage south of Auckland, but Far North consumers were spared thanks to the Ngawha Geothermal Power Station.
Summary of Transpower Grid Emergency
Power supply to Northpower customers was interrupted yesterday when Transpower lost two transmission circuits south of Auckland at a time when the Otahuhu Generation Station was also off line, this constrained the supply to Auckland and Northland. The major cause of the disruption was a fire sparked by pylons in a shelterbelt of trees.
Upper North hit by massive power cut
Suff.co.nz by Michael Field
Armed police were needed to help Transpower gain access to power lines over a Waikato farm after the landowner refused to let the company fix a major power fault this afternoon.
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