Alpine Energy

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Alpine Energy Limited
Company typePrivate
Predecessor
  • South Canterbury Electric Power Board
  • Timaru Municipal Electricity Department
Founded1992;34 years ago (1992)
Headquarters
Timaru
,
New Zealand
Area served
South Canterbury
Services Electricity distribution
Owners
  • Timaru District Council (47.5%)
  • LineTrust South Canterbury (40.0%)
  • Waimate District Council (7.5%)
  • Mackenzie District Council (5.0%)
[1]
Website www.alpineenergy.co.nz

Alpine Energy Limited is an electricity distribution business based in Timaru, New Zealand. The company own and operates the electricity distribution network in South Canterbury. [1]

Contents

The company's distribution network consists of 4,300 km (2,700 mi) of lines, supplying electricity to approximately 33,000 customers. The network covers the towns of Timaru, Temuka, Waimate, Pleasant Point, Fairlie, Lake Tekapo, Twizel, and Mount Cook Village. [2]

Alpine Energy holds the naming rights to Fraser Park, the home ground of the South Canterbury rugby union team and an alternate home ground for the Crusaders Super Rugby team, which means it is known as Alpine Energy Stadium.

In December 2025 the company announced plans to collaborate with Otago-based Aurora Energy by merging the operations of the two lines companies. [3]

Statistics

Alpine Energy Limited network statistics for the year ending 31 March 2024 [4]
ParameterValue
Regulatory asset base$313 million
Line charge revenue$65.7 million
Capital expenditure$29.2 million
Operating expenditure$30.4 million
Customer connections33,883
Energy delivered892 GWh
Peak demand155 MW
Total line length4,379 km
Distribution and low-voltage overhead lines3,243 km
Distribution and low-voltage underground cables857 km
Subtransmission lines and cables282 km
Poles44,624
Distribution transformers6,269
Zone substation transformers31
Average interruption duration (SAIDI)360 minutes
Average interruption frequency (SAIFI)1.45

References

  1. 1 2 "Alpine Energy - Understanding your electricity network". www.alpineenergy.co.nz.
  2. ↑ "EDB Information Disclosure - Alpine Energy Limited - year ending 31 March 2018". 31 August 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Yashas Srinivasa (17 December 2025). "Alpine Energy and Aurora Energy announce plan to merge". The Press. Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Performance summaries for electricity distributors – Year to 31 March 2024". Commerce Commission. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.


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