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 1485.532 MW
Northpower 102.474 MW
Top Energy 32.07 MW
Vector 1176.798 MW
Counties Power 78.5 MW
NZ Steel 74.3 MW
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Top North Island Load Data
GZ 1 Load 549.734 MW
Northpower 102.474 MW
Top Energy 32.07 MW
Vector Northern 393.7 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 Summer daily peaks.
Zone 1 Load Date
1619.498 14/04/2025 18:35
1610.475 18/02/2025 15:55
1608.628 09/04/2025 18:40
1603.918 11/02/2025 16:55
1603.098 30/10/2024 08:10
1600.348 07/04/2025 18:35
1597.449 17/02/2025 14:30
1590 05/11/2024 07:50
1588.108 15/04/2025 18:30
1583.982 04/04/2025 17:30
GZ1 Load Date
622.87 08/04/2025 18:30
618.58 15/04/2025 18:20
618.05 14/04/2025 18:30
616.8 07/04/2025 18:45
616.73 09/04/2025 18:40
616.7 05/11/2024 07:45
615.02 10/04/2025 18:55
613.68 30/10/2024 07:55
612.55 11/02/2025 17:50
612.32 21/10/2024 08:05