Stay Ahead: All You Need to Know About Electricity Prices in NZ!

Generation – 38.5%
✔️ Producing the electricity you use.
✔️ Includes hydro, wind, geothermal, and thermal generation costs.
✔️ Regulated by the Electricity Authority, which oversees the wholesale market.

Transmission – 8%
✔️ Building and maintaining the national grid (Transpower).
✔️ Ensures electricity can move long distances across New Zealand.
✔️ Prices and quality regulated by the Commerce Commission; pricing rules set by the Electricity Authority.

Distribution – 24.5%
✔️ Building and maintaining local power lines that deliver electricity from the grid to your home.
✔️ Regulated under Part 4 of the Commerce Act by the Commerce Commission.

Metering – 4.5%
✔️ Reading and maintaining your electricity meter.
✔️ Governed by rules in the Electricity Industry Participation Code, administered by the Electricity Authority.

Retail – 11%
✔️ Your power company’s costs for billing, customer service, and operations.
✔️ Retail competition and consumer protections overseen by the Electricity Authority and Commerce Commission.

GST – 13%*
✔️ The goods and services tax added to your bill (charged at 15%, which equals about 13% of the final bill).
✔️ Set and administered by the New Zealand Government / Inland Revenue Department (IRD).

Levies – 0.5%
✔️ Funds organisations that operate and regulate the electricity market.
✔️ Set by the New Zealand Government and collected by the Electricity Authority.