The Lines Company

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We are the Company that looks after the power line network in the North Island's 'King Country' region of New Zealand.

Our area covers 13,700 km2 and is the largest network area in New Zealand which doesn’t have a major urban centre. This makes us specialists in providing power to out of the way places, including to the highest points in the North Island of New Zealand (the Turoa and Whakapapa skifields on Mount Ruapehu).

The Lines Company area map

As well as keeping power flowing to your home or business, we also provide a full electrical contracting service

Owned by the Waitomo Services and King Country Power Customer Trusts, we came into existence on April 1 1999, as a result of the Government’s electricity industry reforms.

At that time we took over the former King Country Energy (KCE) network, while KCE purchased our two power stations and retail customer base.

Our head office is in Te Kuiti, but we also have a physical presence in Otorohanga, Taumarunui, Turangi, Ohakune, and Mangakino.

We have around 20,000 customers, including domestic consumers and holiday home owners through to major industries like NZ Steel and McDonald's Lime.

The Lines Company
PO Box 281
King Street East
Te Kuiti

Phone 0800 367 546
Phone 07 878 0600
Fax 07 878 7024

Monday, 01 March, 2010
KING COUNTRY ELECTRIC POWER TRUST CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION, WAITOMO ENERGY SERVICES CUSTOMER TRUST CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION AND MARKET REBATE

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Thursday, 03 December, 2009
WAITOMO ENERGY SERVICES CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION AND MARKET REBATE

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Tuesday, 31 March, 2009
2009 ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN

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Wednesday, 11 February, 2009
DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL TERMS & CONDITIONS 2009

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Tuesday, 16 October, 2007
MEDIA RELEASE OCT 07

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Monday, 03 September, 2007
DISTRIBUTED GENERATION INFORMATION
Distributed Generation Connection Information will be available from this website in the near future.

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Monday, 03 September, 2007
2007/08 ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN AVAILABLE
The Asset Management Plan for the 2007/08 year has been completed and is available to the public.

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Monday, 03 September, 2007
LINE CHARGE METHODOLOGY
click here to view the April 2007 line charge methodology

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Thursday, 04 May, 2006
TRANSPOWER LEVY BACKDOWN
The Lines Company is no longer going to implement the proposed Transpower levy as from the 1st April 2006.

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Wednesday, 15 March, 2006
NEW PRICING FOR 2006
Click here to view the new pricing charges effective from 1 April 2006

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Thursday, 20 October, 2005
TREE REGULATIONS NOW ONLINE
click here to view the tree regulations

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Tuesday, 18 October, 2005
DISCLOSURE 2005
click here to view the 2005 Disclosure

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Tuesday, 18 October, 2005
LOW FIXED EXEMPTION
click here to view the Low Fixed Exemption notice

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Friday, 30 September, 2005
THE LINES COMPANY GOES TO DIRECT BILLING.
click here to download the Direct Billing October newsletter. (PDF 66kb)

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Friday, 30 September, 2005
THE LINES COMPANY LIFTS THE MOKAU MORATORIUM SOON.
click here to download the Mokau flyer. (PDF 54kb)

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Saturday, 10 September, 2005
POWER SURGE PROTECTION A MUST
Spike protectors on your switchboard or appliances are a must for those who live in technology driven homes and businesses. Teenage infatuations with the latest mobiles with change-out fashion face plates and multiple ring tones can turn quickly to tears if a power surge occurs while their latest yuppie toy is plugged into a charger.

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Tuesday, 21 December, 2004
2004 ODV VALUATION COMPLETED
The Lines Company's ODV Valuation as at 31 March 2004 was completed on 17 December 2004.

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Wednesday, 30 June, 2004
THRESHOLD COMPLIANCE DOCUMENT AVAILABLE
The Commerce Commission's Price / Quality Threshold Compliance Document is available for viewing.

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Monday, 12 May, 2003
LOCAL GENERATION GROWING
One of the benefits of the King Country is its abundance of local energy resource. Currently over 32% of the kwhrs used by our local customers is generated locally and this figure is set to expand in the next few years as King Country Energy and other generators, some of them local private operations, bring new projects to fruition.

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Monday, 12 May, 2003
THE LINES COMPANY AIMS TO REDUCE OUTAGES
Customers in the King Country have traditionally suffered a relatively high number of power outages. This is primarily due to the rugged terrain that our lines cross, the adverse weather they are exposed to and trees that fall into the lines.

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Monday, 12 May, 2003
CONFUSED 0800
Mighty River Power (0800 4 faults) and The Lines Company (0800 for faults) have very similar 0800 fault numbers and share the same after hours service. Some confusion has arisen from this, as the Mighty River Power number does not have information on The Lines Company’s faults. For fault information The Lines Company can be reached on: 0800 FOR FAULTS