Electricity Industry
The electricity industry has four main components:
- generation (electricity production stations)
- transmission (the high voltage network known as the national grid)
- distribution (local lines companies)
- retail (electricity retail companies which compete to buy wholesale electricity and compete to retail it to consumers)
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Generation
Generation companies own and operate power stations spread across the country.
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Transmission
Transpower owns and operates the national electricity transmission system.
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Distribution
There are 28 lines companies that own the local distribution networks.
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Retail
Retailers compete to meet consumers' electricity needs, providing a bundled service for most consumers.
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Chronology of New Zealand Electricity Reform
Document outlining the main developments in New Zealand's electricity reforms to May 2008.
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