• LineTrust South Canterbury

    Supporting Your Community

  • Line Trust

    About The Trust

    The Trust owns 40% of Alpine Energy
  • Line Trust South Canterbury

    Dividends

    Each year LineTrust pays out up to 90% of its profits to consumers as a credit on your electricity account.
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Election 2024

About Us

LineTrust South Canterbury.

The Trust has a significant role in our community… looking after consumers’ interests in Alpine Energy. The Trust owns 40% of Alpine Energy and pays its shareholder dividend to you.

LineTrust South Canterbury was formed in 1992 when the South Canterbury Power Trust was resettled. It holds 40% of the shares in Alpine Energy Limited, the company which owns the electricity lines in South Canterbury region.

Alpine’s network extends over all South Canterbury with a total length of lines exceeding 3,600 kilometres and connecting over 32,000 consumers and has a book value of approximately $140 million. The Trust receives dividends from Alpine Energy that are paid to the shareholders quarterly. The Trustees distribute up to 90% of its profits, after deducting the Trust’s running expenses, by arranging a credit on consumers’ electricity accounts.

LineTrust South Canterbury

Dividend.

Each year LineTrust pays out up to 90% of its profits to consumers as a credit on their electricity account. These dividends go straight into the South Canterbury economy. This is a direct result of the Trusts shareholding in Alpine Energy.
Energy Network

LineTrust South Canterbury and the Energy Network.

Generation

Transmission

Distribution

Line Comapny
‘Alpine Energy’

40%
owned by LineTrust SC

Energy users and community

Homes, Factories,
Farms and Business

90%
Profits are paid as a credit on
consumers’ electricity accounts

Benefit

Delivering maximum benefit for our community.

01

Managing 40% ownership
of Alpine Energy on your behalf.

02

Dealing with government bodies on
regulatory issues.

Ultimately we make sure your assets are protected and managed in a way that delivers maximum benefit, by carrying out these key roles.

The objective of this site is to make available all relevant publications, reports and contact details of the Trust.

03

Appointing two directors to the Alpine Energy Limited board.
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Your Trustees

Five persons elected from the community operate the Trust. Elections are held every three years.

Managing the consumer shareholding in
Alpine Energy Limited

South Canterbury


Address


Ford Simpson Ltd
Second Floor, 18 Woollcombe Street
PO Box 540, Timaru, South Canterbury

Contact