Aurora Energy Proposal FAQ

Submissions are open now until 12 noon on May 2.

• You can make an online submission.
• All DCC libraries and service centres – pick up the Statement of Proposal and the submission form is at the back.
• Most Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes libraries – pick up a postcard and scan the QR code or pick up the Statement of Proposal and the submission form is at the back.
• We can mail one to your home, call us on 03 7421899 to put in a request

• Mail to Freepost 247608 Dunedin City Council Aurora Proposal PO Box 5045 Dunedin 9054
• Drop into any DCC library or service centre.

You can:

• upload it with your online submission.
• send with your paper submission.
• bring it to our Customer Service Centre at 50 The Octagon, Dunedin.

We will still accept your submission without your name, providing personal details is voluntary.

Ideally though, we would like you to record your postcode so that we know whether you are within Dunedin or not. If you want to attend a Hearing and speak to Councillor we will need a name, phone number and email.

We want to know which area you live in, so we know if responses came from Dunedin or outside of Dunedin.

Yes you can. You can tell us which organisation on the submission form. It is up to you to get the right sign off from your organisation to represent their collective view.

We document all submissions and present this information to Council. It is up to Councillors to assess the information provided and consider it as part of their deliberations process.

Yes it will, if provided. All submissions form part of a report to Council. This will include your name, your feedback and postcode. We won’t publish your email or telephone number.

Anyone can make a submission.

We don’t want late submission, they may not be accepted.

You can make a submission and tell Council what you think.

It’s an opportunity for members of the public to speak directly to Councillors. It is in an open, public session and it is likely media will be there.

• 14 May
• 15 May
• 16 May

• Tick the box on the submission form and indicate your preferred timeslot.
• Call us on 03 7421899.

It depends on the volume of requests to speak – 2 to 5 minutes is likely - with 2 minutes of question time from Councillors.

Yes you can attend online and present to Councillors. Subject to having an internet connection of sufficient quality.

Yes, that is likely.

In late May or June 2024 Councillors will deliberate and discuss and consider what they have heard. The Councillors will then make a decision to proceed or not.

• You can email or call a Councillor – contact details are on the website.
• Visit one of our drop in sessions at the Farmers Market, Civic Centre or a Community Board Drop in.

We are unable to provide specific information about the price Aurora Energy might sell for.

Many hundreds of millions of dollars. It depends on the final sale price, less the actual debt at the time of any sale.

Any new fund from the proposed sale of Aurora Energy would not make a difference to the 17.5% rate increase proposed for 2024/25, but Council expects that a new fund worth many hundreds of millions of dollars would generate a future income stream for Council.

• From the Statement of Proposal document
• From the DCC website
• From the more information links on the website

• Send us an email to Aurora.Proposal@dcc.govt.nz and describe the information you are seeking.
• Call us and make a request for the information - 03 7421899.