Network Waitaki power outages

0800 440 220, 24 hours a day. Network Waitaki owns and maintains the lines, so they are who to call in a power cut, not the company that bills you. If you can see a downed line, sparking, or anything on fire, call 111 first and stay at least 10 metres away. Treat every fallen line as live.

Network Waitaki runs the Waitaki (Network Waitaki) network reporting region. Of the places we list, that includes Oamaru. If your power bill names Network Waitaki as the lines company, this is your network.

Yes — https://www.networkwaitaki.co.nz/customers/report-a-fault/. It shows current faults, the properties affected and an estimated restoration time once crews have assessed the damage. This page does not show live outages. For what is out right now and when power is due back, use the distributor's own outage map or call their faults line.

Because they are different businesses doing different jobs. Your power company buys electricity and bills you for it; the lines company owns the poles, wires and transformers it arrives through. A fault is a network problem, so Network Waitaki is who dispatches a crew. Calling your retailer usually just adds a step, because they pass the report to Network Waitaki anyway.

No. Lines companies are regional monopolies, which is why they are price-regulated rather than competitive. Everyone on the Network Waitaki network pays Network Waitaki's lines charges no matter which power company they are with. What you can choose is the retailer, and with it the energy and service part of the bill, which is the part that varies.