Big salary hikes at under-performing Dunedin council-owned company
A
council-owned lines company has been described as a "train-wreck" as
its costs and salaries balloon – but there may still be worse to come
for customers.
It has been three years since Richard Healey turned whistleblower,
exposing the perilous state of power poles and ageing infrastructure
across Otago.
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Richard Healey:
The
price rise will be phased in over time - but stay in place forever.
It's huge. The Commerce Commision and the politicians don't want to
scare you too much - they hope you'll sleepwalk into paying double your
current line charges. If you are in Alexandra or Wanaka you will likely
end up paying about a thousand dollars a year more for your electricity
- at a time when other companies are being told to REDUCE their prices
by as much as 30%
How quickly will the rises come? The Commerce Commision have already signaled rises that total 52% over four years, 61% over five - but that's BEFORE the extra price rises that Aurora have applied for.
How quickly will the rises come? The Commerce Commision have already signaled rises that total 52% over four years, 61% over five - but that's BEFORE the extra price rises that Aurora have applied for.
The AVERAGE salary increase at Aurora in the last year was 18.8%.
All this to fix a situation that Aurora board chair Steve Thompson described as a problem of perception!! The same guy who chairs the Board of Alpine Energy - the company that the Timaru newspapers tell is is under investigation by the office of the Auditor General.
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All this to fix a situation that Aurora board chair Steve Thompson described as a problem of perception!! The same guy who chairs the Board of Alpine Energy - the company that the Timaru newspapers tell is is under investigation by the office of the Auditor General.
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Big salary hikes at under-performing Dunedin council-owned company
Aurora Energy chief executive Richard Fletcher says the company had to
increase wages to "employ and retain highly skilled and qualified
specialists".
