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.

Updated:
Upper South Island Load Data
Zone 3 Real Time VSAT Limit 1171 MW
Zone 3 Load 865.46 MW
Zone 3 Margin 305.54 MW
Zone 3 AUVLS enabled No
Electricity Ashburton 47.8 MW
Marlborough Lines 52.5 MW
Buller Electricity 6.8 MW
Network Tasman 120 MW
Alpine Energy Ltd 74.5 MW
Mainpower 86.5 MW
Orion 461.879 MW
Westpower 18.56 MW
Updated:
Top South Island Load Data
GZ 9 Real Time VSAT Limit 356.8 MW
GZ 9 Load 193.8 MW
GZ 9 Margin 163 MW
GZ 9 AUVLS enabled No
Marlborough Lines 52.5 MW
Buller Electricity 6.8 MW
Network Tasman 120 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 Winter daily peaks.
Zone 3 Load Date
1151.18 05/07/2024 10:50
1130.48 12/06/2024 10:00
1124.62 04/07/2024 07:15
1122.6 10/07/2024 10:20
1119.71 11/07/2024 09:05
1118.81 24/07/2024 07:25
1118.24 03/07/2024 08:10
1117.57 08/07/2024 09:50
1117.44 29/05/2024 09:36
1115.86 10/05/2024 10:00
GZ9 Load Date
252.2 11/07/2024 09:50
251.64 12/07/2024 08:20
247.74 03/07/2024 08:45
247.51 24/07/2024 09:25
244.73 10/05/2024 10:00
244.27 04/07/2024 10:00
244.24 05/07/2024 09:55
242.39 26/07/2024 08:25
242.2 05/06/2024 09:55
241.9 30/05/2024 11:15