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Electricity Authority boss: “Consumers have a right to have confidence in their electricity supply.”

Publish Date
Fri, 21 Jun 2024, 6:11pm
The downed pylon near Kaipara. Photo / Michael Craig
The downed pylon near Kaipara. Photo / Michael Craig

Electricity Authority boss: “Consumers have a right to have confidence in their electricity supply.”

Publish Date
Fri, 21 Jun 2024, 6:11pm

Energy Minister Simeon Brown wants appropriate accountability over a fallen electricity tower.

Thousands of Northland residents experienced outages yesterday after a transmission tower toppled northwest of Auckland.

The Electricity Authority says it's investigating and Simeon Brown's asked WorkSafe to do the same.

Electricity Authority Chief Executive, Sarah Gillies, told Heather du Plessis-Allan 鈥淐onsumers have a right to have confidence in their electricity supply.鈥

Gillies said 鈥淲e鈥檙e the regulator 鈥 and we鈥檙e independent.鈥

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