The Star: March 03, 2022

The Star Thursday March 3 2022
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OPINION/LETTERS
IT WAS TWO years ago that we
had our first case of Covid-19 in
New Zealand.
So much has happened since
then. The first lockdown started
only three weeks later as we
entered a mild autumn as I
recall.
I remember going for daily
walks in Hagley Park with the
autumn leaves underfoot and a
clear blue sky above.
The evening walks came to
an end with the end of daylight
saving. And here we are, only
four weeks until daylight saving
ends again.
I know we are not
in lockdown, however,
organisations and businesses
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Let’s do all we can to soften the Covid curve
Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
are being careful – rotating
teams to work at home/at work
to minimise the risks of losing
sufficient staff to run the show.
The sign on my weekday coffee
shop – ‘closed today due to staff
shortage’ says the notice on the
door.
Lack of trade is hitting
businesses too. Let’s those of us
who can, get out and support
them.
Overseas arrivals who are
vaccinated and have a clear test
at the border can start mixing it
with family and friends from day
one now. This has to be good for
our local businesses too.
I know some people will
continue to be super-cautious
when it comes to going out.
But remember, that our best
collective defence is the vaccine
– if you had your second vaccine
in December, then you will
be ready for your booster this
month. And the other defence is
wearing our masks properly.
Omicron will continue to rise,
but it will peak and then it will
start to fall. Let’s do all we can to
soften that curve.
We have done it before, and we
can do it again.
Notice of electricity delivery price changes
Orion New Zealand Limited owns and operates the electricity distribution network
in central Canterbury (including Christchurch) between the Waimakariri and Rakaia
rivers, and from the Canterbury coast to Arthur’s Pass. We receive electricity from
Transpower’s national grid at seven different locations and we distribute this
electricity to more than 211,600 homes and businesses.
Our service is delivery only (we don’t buy and sell the electricity, we just deliver
it), and we charge electricity retailers on a wholesale basis for this delivery
service. Retailers, in turn, include this cost in their retail electricity prices – Orion’s
distribution charges and Transpower’s transmission charges together represent
about 34% of an average household electricity bill.
Connection categories and price components
Notes:
1. This schedule is a summary only. Please refer to Orion’s published electricity delivery price and
export credit schedules, available from Orion or www.oriongroup.co.nz, for full details.
2. Peak and volume prices for streetlighting, general connections and irrigation connections are
applied to peak loadings and volumes derived from measurements taken at grid exit points, and
it is appropriate to allow normal network losses when assessing the contribution individual
connections make to these charges. All other prices in this schedule are applied
against measurements or ratings taken at the connection.
Both Orion’s and Transpower’s prices are regulated by the Commerce
Commission and the changes set out in this schedule are made in accordance
with the terms of the regulation.
For more information on our pricing, or Orion in general,
visit www.oriongroup.co.nz or call us on 03 363 9898.
For information on the retail prices that appear on your electricity
account, please contact your electricity retailer.
Requirement 2.4.18 of the Electricity Distribution Information Disclosure
Determination 2012 requires Orion to publicly disclose changes to our
wholesale prices as follows:
1 April 2021 to
31 March 2022 from 1 April 2022
Units
Delivery price
(excl GST)
Delivery price
(excl GST)
Streetlighting connections (approx 52,206 connections)
Fixed charge $/con/day 0.0954 0.0978
Peak charge (peak period demand) $/kW/day 0.3995 0.3660
Volume charges
Weekdays (Mon to Fri, 7am to 9pm) $/kWh 0.06755 0.05946
Nights & weekends (Sat & Sun) $/kWh 0.01844 0.01844
General connections (approx 214,162 connections)
Fixed charge $/con/day 0.1500 0.3000
Peak charge (peak period demand) $/kW/day 0.3995 0.3660
Volume charges
Weekdays (Mon to Fri, 7am to 9pm) $/kWh 0.06755 0.05946
Nights & weekends (Sat & Sun) $/kWh 0.01844 0.01844
Low power factor charge $/kVAr/day 0.2000 0.2000
Irrigation connections (approx 1,032 connections)
Capacity charge* $/kW/day 0.4383 0.4308
Volume charges
Weekdays (Mon to Fri, 7am to 9pm) $/kWh 0.06755 0.05946
Nights & weekends (Sat & Sun) $/kWh 0.01844 0.01844
Rebates
Power factor correction rebate* $/kVAr/day (0.1618) (0.1590)
Interruptibility rebate* $/kW/day (0.0405) (0.0398)
*applied from 1 October to 31 March only
Major customer and embedded network connections (approx 523 connections)
Fixed charge $/con/day 10.0000 10.0000
Fixed charge (additional connections) $/con/day 5.0000 5.0000
Extra switches $/switch/day 3.3300 3.2000
11kV Metering equipment $/con/day 4.3400 4.5000
11kV Underground cabling $/km/day 3.4000 3.7100
11kV Overhead lines $/km/day 2.1400 2.6000
Transformer capacity $/kVA/day 0.0119 0.0106
Peak charge (control period demand) $/kVA/day 0.3757 0.3547
Nominated maximum demand $/kVA/day 0.1034 0.1061
Metered maximum demand $/kVA/day 0.0769 0.0701
Export credits (approx 12 connections)
0 - 30kW generation
Anytime credits (without PV), or $/kWh (0.00290) (0.00280)
Anytime credits (with PV), or $/kWh (0.00010) (0.00010)
Peak period credits (with or without PV) $/kWh (0.20560) (0.19920)
30 - 750kW Control period credits $/kW/day (0.0704) (0.0682)
plus $/kVAr/day (0.0231) (0.0224)
Miscellaneous
Monthly invoice and contract charge to retailers and directly contracted major customers $/invoice 30.00 30.00
Failure to pay notice $/notice 50.00 50.00
Default and termination notice $/notice 100.00 100.00
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Water reform
The mayor has spoken about her frustration
of Three Waters focus being on the
infrastructure rather than the well-being
of water and how it serves the needs of our
community.
Isn’t that exactly what the infrastructure
does? Serve the needs of the community
through making sure we are provided with
clean, safe drinking water and our waste
disposed of properly.
I personally think we need to have greater
treatment of wastewater but how are we
going to do that without infrastructure?
The mayor states iwi are not interested
in owning infrastructure and only want
marae to have the same water services that
other communities have.
If some marae on Banks Peninsula are
lacking proper water collection and septic
tank systems that there neighbours have,
why is the mayor only now speaking about
equity when she had nine years to take
steps towards fixing this situation and the
health of our rivers.
It’s not the system that is broken but the
vision and will of the people running it. –
D Downward, Bryndwr
Protesters
We Kiwis should be grateful for the selfless
protesters fighting for our rights.
I feel the weight of repression lifting
now we’re allowed to walk on motorways,
freedom camp on Parliament’s lawn, and
tip sewerage into the stormwater drains.
I’m particularly uplifted by terrorising and
spitting on children wearing mask; how
dare they?
Now we’re free to ignore the laws of
the Government we elected, we can park
over driveways while revelling in our new
found right to conduct germ warfare from
camp stink hole on Parliament’s lawn.
It’s merely a bonus that we can spit and
throw acid into the faces of police officers
while doing so?
Exercising these new found freedoms
I’m sure, will help bring everyone together?
Then we can symbolise our country’s
unity by all wearing our foil hats. – Harry
L Gilmore, Halswell