Upper South Island loads

Power system loads in the South Island north of Waitaki Valley (Zone 3) 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 South Island Load Data
Zone 3 Real Time VSAT Limit 1134 MW
Zone 3 Load 948.81 MW
Zone 3 Margin 185.19 MW
Zone 3 AUVLS enabled No
Electricity Ashburton 61.8 MW
Marlborough Lines 59.3 MW
Buller Electricity 4.3 MW
Network Tasman 128.26 MW
Alpine Energy Ltd 91.6 MW
Mainpower 96.9 MW
Orion 499.879 MW
Westpower 14.87 MW
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Top South Island Load Data
GZ 9 Real Time VSAT Limit 342.6 MW
GZ 9 Load 208.86 MW
GZ 9 Margin 133.74 MW
GZ 9 AUVLS enabled No
Marlborough Lines 59.3 MW
Buller Electricity 4.3 MW
Network Tasman 128.26 MW

Latest Zone Load Graphs

Zone 3 Load (Upper South Island)

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GZ 9 Load (Nelson)

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Historical Zone Load Peaks

Top 10 now reflects Summer daily peaks.
Zone 3 Load Date
1049.05 28/03/2024 08:20
1042.29 11/01/2024 18:40
1039.11 06/03/2024 08:00
1030.83 05/04/2024 08:15
1026.25 19/01/2024 15:30
1025.1 08/02/2024 11:50
1021.51 22/01/2024 17:55
1018.62 23/04/2024 08:10
1012.46 03/04/2024 08:10
1012.28 21/02/2024 08:05
GZ9 Load Date
219.83 03/04/2024 08:10
219.7 28/03/2024 08:20
218.15 20/03/2024 08:05
217.12 29/04/2024 08:05
217.1 21/03/2024 08:10
217.1 21/03/2024 08:05
216.16 02/04/2024 18:00
215.46 18/03/2024 08:10
215.2 27/03/2024 08:05
214.3 04/04/2024 08:15
212.9 26/03/2024 08:10