The Employers and Manufacturers Association has hit out at price rise proposals from state-owned grid operator Transpower.
Transpower and its electricity partners had sought Commerce Commission permission to raise their prices so they could guarantee themselves an almost 12 per cent pre-tax, risk-free return on capital to upgrade the grid, association chief executive Alasdair Thompson said yesterday. "The price increases being sought are grossly unreasonable."
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