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CRUX: Contact Energy commits to Cromwell lake clean up

3/1/2023

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Lake Dunstan's volunteer watchdogs are welcoming a new plan that will ensure the owners of the Clyde Dam work to better clean up a section of the lake.
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ORC: Media release: Approval for Contact Energy amenities plan at Kawarau Arm

3/1/2023

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Contact Energy has delivered a plan for managing landscape and visual amenity values along the Kawarau Arm of Lake Dunstan - within its consents held around its Clyde Hydro scheme in Central Otago.
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Navigating multiple ways to value water: A case study of the trade-offs of the Clyde Dam in Central Otago, New Zealand

12/7/2022

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Alice Tilley, a BSc in Water Science, Policy and Management student at the University of Oxford, has recently published her paper on the trade-offs of the Clyde Dam on the local region. It was a pleasure to assist Alice with her research and welcome everyone to have a read.
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The Central App: Lake Dunstan Needs You!

9/16/2022

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Don’t let the lupins win: roll up your sleeves and come down and help with the annual lakeside clean-up in Cromwell this Saturday (September 17).
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ORC to review Contact Energy's consent conditions

8/26/2022

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​Back in July there was a brief one in five year window where ORC could trigger a review of resource consent conditions relating to the effects of the Clyde Dam. The Lake Dunstan Charitable Trust submitted two open letters of recommendation to the ORC to request this process be triggered.

Last week, ORC revealed they will progress with a review of conditions associated with the Landscape Visual Amenity Management Plan (LVAMP). Current consents expire in 2042, however, the 5-year windows allow for reassessments and necessary changes to better comply with the RMA.

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CRUX - ORC to examine Contact's Clyde dam obligations

8/24/2022

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Exactly what Contact Energy needs to do to manage the effects on Lake Dunstan of its operation of the Clyde Dam will come under the spotlight.

​The Otago Regional Council has opted to take a once-in-a-five-year opportunity to review the energy company’s resource consent obligations.

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CRUX: Contact Energy under fire over Clyde Dam obligations

7/30/2022

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Community groups are calling for Contact Energy's Clyde Dam consent conditions to be revisited.
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RNZ: Interest groups push for review of Contact Energy's consent for Clyde Dam

7/30/2022

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Community groups are calling for Contact Energy's Clyde Dam consent conditions to be revisited.
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CRUX: Contact Energy set to fix 'years overdue' Lake Dunstan problems

7/29/2022

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After last week being served an abatement notice by the Otago Regional Council for breaching a provision of its resource consent to operate the Clyde dam, Contact Energy this week hosted a mediation meeting with local stakeholders.
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The News: Consent conditions review undecided

7/28/2022

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The Lake Dunstan Charitable Trust wants the Otago Regional Council (ORC) to trigger a review of Contact Energy’s resource consent conditions on the Clutha River.
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