Trading name Aurora Owner Dunedin City Council Revenue 99.5 million USD (2015) Total assets 413.9 million USD | Industry Energy Headquarters Dunedin Net income 8.1 million USD (2015) Total equity 182.6 million USD (2015) | |
Formerly called Dunedin Electricity Limited (1990-2003) Predecessor Waipori Falls Hydroelectric Company Ltd Founded June 26, 1990 (1990-06-26) in Dunedin, New Zealand Key people Grady Cameron (CEO)
Ian Parton (Chairman) | ||
Aurora Energy is an electricity distribution company in Otago, New Zealand. Aurora Energy is owned by Dunedin City Holdings Limited on behalf on the Dunedin City Council.
Aurora Energy is New Zealand's sixth largest electricity distributor. Over 85,000 premises in Dunedin and Central Otago receive power from Aurora Energy.
All Aurora assets are managed by Delta Utility Services Ltd.
Distribution network
Aurora Energy's distribution network is supplied from Transpower's national grid at five grid exit points (GXPs): Halfway Bush and South Dunedin for the Duendin network, and Clyde, Cromwell and Frankton for the Central Otago network. Most of the network's subtransmission is at 33,000 volts with the major exception of the lines feeding Wanaka from Cromwell GXP, which operate at 66,000 volts. Distribution is at 6600 volts in the Dunedin urban area and the Clyde area, and at 11,000 volts elsewhere.