Hamilton Grey Power March 2018

WEL Energy Trust moves to strip rebate
WEL Energy Trust’s move to strip a $300 plus
annual power rebate from more than 80,000
electricity connections in Waikato next year
has Hamilton Grey Power president Roger
Hennebry absolutely “livid.”
Roger says this will impact
seriously on Hamilton’s
2000 Grey Power members
and thousands of other
power users on low or fixed
incomes in Waikato.
Adding to this is the news
that each power customer will
be paying at least $7 more a
month.
“What are the trustees
thinking?” asked Roger.
“The Trust recently had an
election for trustees where
only 17 percent of eligible voters
bothered to complete their
voting papers.
“The trustees had a moral
obligation to put this issue in
front of the public before the
election, instead of announcing
its move after.
“Trustees had no mandate
to do this.”
Roger said it was his understanding
that “matters of
significance” required consultation
with not only the
capital beneficiaries (Hamilton
City and Waikato and Waipa
District Councils), but with
consumers.
“Where is the evidence that
this consultation has taken
place?” said Roger.
For the trust chair Mark Ingle
to describe the rebate as “irrelevant”
showed how out of touch
the trustees were, he said.
“I will be inviting Ingle to
come to our next available
Grey Power meeting to explain
to members the benefits they
will get in losing a $300 plus
rebate annually and to pay an
extra $7 per month on their
power bills,” said Roger.
Roger’s father, the late Ken
Hennebry was at the forefront
of community protest at
the sale of the company to an
American power company in
the 1990s and the communities
fight to successfully buy
the company back.
In 2002 he was part of a
group who formed the Power
Rebates Team.
The team won a majority
and were successful in achieving
rebates averaging $127 for
every consumer in the first year
(depending on usage) rising
to $300 plus.
“Ken would roll over in his
grave knowing that the original
shareholders in the company
were to lose their power
rebates and end up paying
more.”
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6 Hamilton greypower Magazine | March 2018