Upper North Island loads

Power system loads in the North Island north of Huntly (Zone 1) are displayed on this page to give power companies loading information across the zone.

This information is updated every five minutes. Due to the location of recording equipment at some sites, the load split between retailers for these zones is indicative only.

The historical Zone Load Peaks are winter and summer seasonal values and are reset at the change of seasons on 20 October and 10 May.

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Upper North Island Load Data
Zone 1 Load 1072.903 MW
Northpower 81.884 MW
Top Energy 11.21 MW
Vector 804.199 MW
Counties Power 55.5 MW
NZ Steel 93.8 MW
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Top North Island Load Data
GZ 1 Load 418.604 MW
Northpower 81.884 MW
Top Energy 11.21 MW
Vector Northern 300.7 MW

Latest Zone Load Graphs

Zone 1 Load (Upper North Island)

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GZ 1 Load (Northland)

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Historical Zone Load Peaks

Top 10 now reflects Winter daily peaks.
Zone 1 Load Date
2065.856 11/06/2026 07:45
1994.683 17/06/2026 18:20
1986.863 16/06/2026 18:30
1970.697 10/06/2026 07:50
1962.133 12/06/2026 17:55
1943.222 18/06/2026 18:30
1910.113 15/06/2026 18:00
1878.674 09/06/2026 18:15
1877.254 19/06/2026 08:10
1872.192 08/06/2026 18:20
GZ1 Load Date
826.812 11/06/2026 07:40
820.664 16/06/2026 18:15
817.494 17/06/2026 18:40
809.544 10/06/2026 18:25
802.054 18/06/2026 18:40
782.485 12/06/2026 17:45
780.565 15/06/2026 18:00
762.354 08/06/2026 18:40
744.836 09/06/2026 18:25
739.745 14/06/2026 18:05