Westpower Limited is an electricity distribution business based in Greymouth, New Zealand. The company owns and operates the electricity distribution network in the Westland and Grey districts, and part of the Buller District. The company is wholly owned by the West Coast Electric Power Trust.[1]
The company's distribution network consists of 2300 km of lines, supplying electricity to approximately 13,700 customers. The network covers the towns of Reefton, Runanga, Greymouth, Hokitika, Ross, Franz Josef and Fox Glacier.[2]
Network statistics
Generation assets
In August 2019 the company's proposed hydro project on the Waitaha River was denied a concession by the Department of Conservation.[4] In 2024 the project was scheduled in the government's Fast Track Approvals Act.[5]
Operational
Proposed / under construction
External links
References
- Ownership www.westpower.co.nz, retrieved 2021-03-08^
- EDB Information Disclosure - Westpower Limited - year ending 31 March 2020 31 August 2020, retrieved 8 March 2021^
- Performance summaries for electricity distributors – Year to 31 March 2024 Commerce Commission, 8 July 2025, retrieved 9 September 2025^
- Waitaha refusal stuns Westpower Otago Daily Times, 29 August 2019, retrieved 3 January 2022^
- Waitaha Hydro Project becomes possible through Fast Track Approvals process Electronet, 7 October 2024, retrieved 20 December 2025^