2021 Investor Presentation
New Zealand electricity market
Generators
Industrial users
Distribution
5 major
generators
(all listed, 3
majority
Govt owned)
1 big industrial user
(Rio Tinto/Sumitomo
smelter), ~13% of
national demand
Annual consumption
2%
Transmission
Substations
1 transmission grid
owner (state owned)
29 distribution
businesses (various
ownership structures)
Sources: Electricity Authority and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
35%
7%
Meridian.
(June 2021)
Residential
Commercial
32%
Agriculture
Industrial
Other
24%
Agriculture includes forestry and fishing
Retailers
44 retail brands
Annual generation
13%
8%
0%
6%
1%
1%
18%
Businesses
(June 2021)
Households
2.1 million
consumers
(41 TWh pa)
Hydro
■Geothermal
■Biogas
Wood
53%
Wind
■Solar
■ Oil
Coal
Gas
Waste Heat
NOVEMBER 2021
2021 INVESTOR PRESENTATION
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