Electricity pricing

We’re one part of your electricity bill 

We own and maintain over 29,200km of local lines, cables, substations and other assets that deliver electricity to over 900,000 Kiwis across the North Island.  

We bring the electricity to your door, and this part of the supply chain is called ‘distribution’. 

The electricity bill you get from your retailer is made up of a number of charges: 

• Distribution  
  This covers our costs to invest in and maintain our network to ensure we provide safe and reliable electricity to your door now and in the future.
  
  
• Transmission 
  This covers Transpower’s costs of getting electricity from the power stations where it’s generated to our network via the national grid. Transpower charges us, and we pass this on to you. 
  
  
• Generation, retail and other charges 
  This covers the costs of generating the electricity at the power station, your retailer’s costs, GST and levvies. This is also where you pay for the electricity that you use, as measured by your power meter reading. 

We update our prices each year to ensure we can continue to meet electricity demand as the communities we serve continue to growth, and the way our customers use electricity changes. 

Our new pricing is effective from 1 April each year.

The overall impact on your electricity bill will depend on things like how and when you use electricity and how your retailer chooses to pass our charges on to you.