Powerco
Alastair McAra is a Principal Engineer with extensive experience in the energy distribution industry. Alastair has held various leadership roles at both Powerco and Horizon Energy Distribution Limited. Alastair's expertise in engineering was built upon their education at the University of Canterbury, where Alastair earned a BE in Electrical Engineering. Prior to their current roles, Alastair also worked as a Principal Engineer at AECOM.
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Powerco
Our business is in lines and pipes, the vital infrastructure that connects homes and businesses with the electricity and gas they need. Powerco is New Zealand’s largest electricity distributor in terms of network length (27,900km) and has the second largest number of electricity connections (336,000). The company also has the second largest gas distribution network (5815km) and the largest number of gas connections (106,000). It is one of only two dual-energy distributors in the country. We have around 430 (full-time equivalent) employees across branches in New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington and Tauranga.