Marlborough Lines Limited

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Marlborough Lines Limited
IndustryElectricity distribution
PredecessorMarlborough Electric Power Board
Founded1923
Headquarters
Blenheim
,
New Zealand
Key people
Phil Robinson (Chair)
Tim Cosgrove (Chief Executive)
Revenue$46 M (Network)[1] (2021)
OwnerMarlborough Electric Power Trust
Number of employees
150
Websitewww.marlboroughlines.co.nz/Home

Marlborough Lines Limited (Marlborough Lines) is an electricity distribution company, based in Blenheim, New Zealand.[1] Marlborough Lines is responsible for subtransmission and distribution of electricity to approximately 26,000 customers in the Marlborough Region over a service area of 11,330 km2 (4,370 sq mi). The network includes approximately 3,400 km (2,100 mi) of power lines extending to some very isolated areas across the region, including the extremities of the Marlborough Sounds, which can only be reached by boat or helicopter.

Marlborough Lines was established in October 1923 as the Marlborough Electric Power Board (MEPB), a combined electricity generator, distributor and retailer. It supplied its first electricity in August 1927, generated from the Waihopai dam and later supplemented by diesel generators at Springlands. The MEPB was connected to the Cobb power station in 1945 and onwards to the rest of the South Island transmission system in 1955. In 1993, the Power Board was corporatised to become Marlborough Electric. Following the 1998 electricity sector reforms, Marlborough Electric sold its generation and retail business to Trustpower, keeping the distribution network business and becoming Marlborough Lines.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Annual Report 2021". Marlborough Lines. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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