An independent, open check on New Zealand's power system: what's generating, what it costs, and where your bill goes.
Saved 14 price readings and 1 generation readings since 2026-10-17.
| Demand (load) | — |
| Cook Strait cable (HVDC) | — |
| Renewable | 96.7% |
| Carbon | — |
| Reserve prices North | — |
| Reserve prices South | — |
Half-hour ending 17/10/2026, 10:00:00 pm (trading period 45). $ per MWh, and cents per kWh — before lines, retail and GST.
| Northland | $139.29 | 13.9c |
| Auckland | $137.95 | 13.8c |
| Hamilton | $133.48 | 13.3c |
| Taranaki | $128.33 | 12.8c |
| Hawkes Bay | $126.17 | 12.6c |
| Edgecumbe | $125.99 | 12.6c |
| Bunnythorpe | $125.02 | 12.5c |
| Wellington | $118.56 | 11.9c |
| Christchurch | $44.06 | 4.4c |
| Nelson | $44.00 | 4.4c |
| West Coast | $42.67 | 4.3c |
| Canterbury | $41.32 | 4.1c |
| Otago | $41.17 | 4.1c |
| Southland | $39.42 | 3.9c |
As at 17 Oct 2026 21:30 · total 5076 MW · renewable 96.7%
| Source | MW | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hydro | 3341 | 65.8% |
| Geothermal | 1224 | 24.1% |
| Wind | 341 | 6.7% |
| Battery | 65 | 1.3% |
| Co-Gen | 59 | 1.2% |
| Gas | 46 | 0.9% |
| Coal | 0 | 0.0% |
| Diesel/Oil | 0 | 0.0% |
| Solar | 0 | 0.0% |
Each bar is one half-hour, newest on the right. Bar height = total power being made. Hover a bar for the numbers.
| Time | Hydro | Geo | Wind | Solar | Gas | Coal | Oil | Co-Gen | Battery | Total | Renew. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:30 | 3341 | 1224 | 341 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 65 | 5076 | 96.7% |
Whole day, all NZ. Average price = what that fuel was paid per MWh on average across the day (weighted by when it ran). Earned = MWh × average price.
| Fuel | MWh | Avg $/MWh | Earned | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appears after the first full day | ||||
Cents per kWh, all incl GST. Wholesale = average for the month. Lines = network charges. Retailer & other = what's left (retailer costs and margin, losses, levies, metering). Bill price = MBIE survey, cheapest plan for an 8,000 kWh/yr home.
| Month | Place | Wholesale | Lines | Retailer & other | Bill price |
| First summary appears on the 1st of next month | |||||
Spreadsheet files (last 30 days — change days= up to 365):
prices · generation · load · hvdc · carbon · reserves · node_prices · wind_solar · fuel_daily · capacity · monthly · retail
Sources: Transpower consolidated live data; em6 (Energy Market Services) free data; MBIE Quarterly Survey of Domestic Electricity Prices. Times are NZ time.