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Hip Op-eration crew dance to oppose electricity price hikes

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Publish Date
Wed, 6 Jul 2016, 12:52pm

Hip Op-eration crew dance to oppose electricity price hikes

Author
Newstalk ZB staff ,
Publish Date
Wed, 6 Jul 2016, 12:52pm

Two organisations have banded together in a dance video to say 'no' to an electricity transmission price hike for Aucklanders.

Entrust, formerly the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust and Waiheke Island’s Hip Op-eration crew have joined forces on a hip-hop video which was released this week and explains the impact of the Electricity Authority proposal on Aucklanders.

The video aims to make a complex proposal interesting and encourage Aucklanders to share their thoughts about the proposed increase.

The proposal would see the average residential customer pay an extra $97 annually, while businesses would face a $148 increase, schools an additional $1,577 and large electricity users like hospitals paying up to $22,000 extra every year.

The additional costs would see Aucklanders paying an extra $78 million a year in transmission grid charges, while electricity generators such as Meridian and Contact and the owners of Tiwai Smelter would financially benefit by $94 million at the cost of Aucklanders.

 

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