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Orion delivers a solid annual performance
4 July 2022 at 9:35 am
Local electricity distribution company, Orion, today reported a year of solid financial performance while building extra resilience into its network in its annual result released today.
Orion shines at Energy Excellence Awards
30 June 2022 at 2:26 pm
Orion NZ is proud to congratulate its Network Planning Engineer Yuyin Kueh who was awarded the ‘2022 Young Energy Professional of the Year’ at the New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards, held last night at Te Pae in Christchurch.
Possible emergency power outages this morning
23 June 2022 at 8:37 am
Update from Transpower 9.30am - the grid emergency has ended
Diamond Harbour power network upgrades in progress
1 June 2022 at 7:36 am
Orion has an extensive overhead line maintenance programme underway in Diamond Harbour to improve the reliability of the network servicing this area.
Red zone electricity network is still live
6 April 2022 at 8:44 am
Orion wishes to remind the public that the electricity network in the Christchurch residential red zone is still live and anyone tampering with it is risking their life and that of others.