Alpine Energy Limited is an electricity distribution business based in Timaru, New Zealand. The company own and operates the electricity distribution network in South Canterbury.[1]
The company's distribution network consists of 4300 km of lines, supplying electricity to approximately 33,000 customers. The network covers the towns of Timaru, Temuka, Waimate, Pleasant Point, Fairlie, Lake Tekapo, Twizel, and Mount Cook Village.[2]
Alpine Energy holds the naming rights to Fraser Park, the home ground of the South Canterbury rugby union team and an alternate home ground for the Crusaders Super Rugby team, which means it is known as Alpine Energy Stadium.
In December 2025 the company announced plans to collaborate with Otago-based Aurora Energy by merging the operations of the two lines companies.[3]
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- Alpine Energy - Understanding your electricity network www.alpineenergy.co.nz^
- EDB Information Disclosure - Alpine Energy Limited - year ending 31 March 2018 31 August 2018, retrieved 10 May 2019^
- Yashas Srinivasa. Alpine Energy and Aurora Energy announce plan to merge The Press, 17 December 2025, retrieved 17 December 2025^
- Performance summaries for electricity distributors – Year to 31 March 2024 Commerce Commission, 8 July 2025, retrieved 9 September 2025^