Meridian working to restore Christchurch essential services

Electricity generator Meridian Energy says it is working hard to restore all essential services for customers in Christchurch, following yesterday's earthquake.

"We are hoping to get our call centre up and running from other parts of the country as soon as possible," chief executive Tim Lusk said today.

"Our main priority in the next few days is to help people affected by the earthquake as well as to support (electricity network owner) Orion as they work to reconnect and repair the network," Lusk said.

Preliminary assessments following the earthquake indicated no damage to Meridian's generating assets.

NZPA

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