Nau mai! Welcome to the WESCT August 2022 newsletter.

The WESCT Trustees are proud to own The Lines Company (TLC) on behalf of you, the customers, ensuring benefits such as bill savings and jobs for our local community.

Annual Meetings coming up

As part of WESCT’s role, the Trustees attend an Annual Meeting for TLC as their shareholder. You can read TLC’s Annual Report on their website to see their year in review, and plans for the future.

WESCT will also hold an annual meeting for all WESCT Customers on 20 October.

We would love a strong turn-out from our community so we can update you on our work, and answer any questions you may have about WESCT and our role. We will be advertising the meeting shortly.

Pukenui School learns about WESCT

Students at Pukenui Primary School in Te Kūiti took part in a project to ask WESCT Trustees about the Trust’s role and what a Trustee does.

This was a fun way to explain why it’s important we have a community-owned lines company.

You can watch student Arerina King interview WESCT Trustee Erin Gray here: www.wesct.org.nz/resources/videos/

Kahumoe Kaupapa PJ Project Update

Thanks to the generosity of our community the Maru Energy Trust’s Kahumoe Kaupapa PJ Project saw 400 pairs distributed to whānau. Thank you to those who contributed to this initiative which will help keep people warm. Read the stories by following Maru on Facebook @maruenergytrust

TLC field crews respond fast to extreme weather

With storms bringing strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the region, TLC’s field teams have been kept busy 24/7 ensuring power is restored as quickly as possible. In total, there were 38 adverse weather and vegetation related outages during the month of July.

Tree safety

Trees near power lines are dangerous. Keeping trees a safe distance from power lines is important as touching lines while climbing or pruning trees can mean serious injury or death. Keep yourself and your community safe, learn more about tree safety at thelinescompany.co.nz

Local causes benefit from sponsorship

TLC’s latest community sponsorship round saw 13 local organisations benefit from grant funding. They provided $10,000 to help and support the successful groups selected from a pool of 32 applicants.