An independent, open check on New Zealand's power system: what's generating, what it costs, and where your bill goes.
Saved 112 price readings and 8 generation readings since 2026-10-17.
| Demand (load) | 4,353 MW · North 2,790 · South 1,563 |
| Cook Strait cable (HVDC) | 867 MW South → North (limit 1200 MW, 72% used) |
| Renewable | 98.75% |
| Carbon | 26.02 g CO₂/kWh · month avg 32.65 · year avg 45.78 |
| Reserve prices North | $1 fast / $1 sustained |
| Reserve prices South | $0 fast / $0 sustained |
Load as at 2026-10-18 10:55. HVDC as at 2026-10-18 10:00.
Half-hour ending 18/10/2026, 10:30:00 am (trading period 22). $ per MWh, and cents per kWh — before lines, retail and GST.
| Auckland | $1.12 | 0.1c |
| Northland | $1.12 | 0.1c |
| Hamilton | $1.08 | 0.1c |
| Taranaki | $1.08 | 0.1c |
| Bunnythorpe | $1.05 | 0.1c |
| Hawkes Bay | $1.04 | 0.1c |
| Edgecumbe | $1.02 | 0.1c |
| Wellington | $1.01 | 0.1c |
| Canterbury | $0.02 | 0.0c |
| Christchurch | $0.02 | 0.0c |
| Nelson | $0.02 | 0.0c |
| Otago | $0.02 | 0.0c |
| Southland | $0.02 | 0.0c |
| West Coast | $0.02 | 0.0c |
As at 18 Oct 2026 10:00 · total 4821 MW · renewable 98.75%
| Source | MW | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hydro | 2698 | 56.0% |
| Geothermal | 1225 | 25.4% |
| Solar | 564 | 11.7% |
| Wind | 264 | 5.5% |
| Co-Gen | 60 | 1.2% |
| Battery | 11 | 0.2% |
| Coal | 0 | 0.0% |
| Gas | 0 | 0.0% |
| Diesel/Oil | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 2698 | 1225 | 264 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 4821 | 98.75% |
| 09:30 | 2787 | 1215 | 296 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 30 | 4933 | 98.78% |
| 09:00 | 2806 | 1214 | 307 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 47 | 4938 | 98.76% |
| 08:30 | 2894 | 1204 | 321 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 4872 | 98.75% |
| 08:00 | 2986 | 1192 | 308 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 4798 | 98.72% |
| 07:30 | 2976 | 1182 | 310 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 37 | 4701 | 98.7% |
| 07:00 | 2858 | 1176 | 325 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 43 | 4515 | 98.65% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro | 63,800 | $40.52 | $2,585,165 | 48.4% |
| Geothermal | 28,936 | $64.08 | $1,854,218 | 34.8% |
| Wind | 11,455 | $45.63 | $522,711 | 9.8% |
| Solar | 5,068 | $31.65 | $160,397 | 3.0% |
| Co-Gen | 1,418 | $66.57 | $94,364 | 1.8% |
| Battery | 565 | $130.87 | $73,969 | 1.4% |
| Gas | 441 | $102.07 | $44,970 | 0.8% |
| Total | 111,682 | $47.78 | $5,335,794 |
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 · poc_prices · monthly · retail
Sources: Transpower consolidated live data; em6 (Energy Market Services) free data; MBIE Quarterly Survey of Domestic Electricity Prices. Times are NZ time.