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 1245.7 MW
Zone 3 Load 954.51 MW
Zone 3 Margin 291.19 MW
Zone 3 AUVLS enabled No
Electricity Ashburton 47.1 MW
Marlborough Lines 46 MW
Buller Electricity 7.2 MW
Network Tasman 106.36 MW
Alpine Energy Ltd 68.1 MW
Mainpower 84.4 MW
Orion 587.279 MW
Westpower 10.55 MW
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Top South Island Load Data
GZ 9 Real Time VSAT Limit 330.6 MW
GZ 9 Load 171.76 MW
GZ 9 Margin 158.84 MW
GZ 9 AUVLS enabled No
Marlborough Lines 46.1 MW
Buller Electricity 7.2 MW
Network Tasman 106.36 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
1130.48 12/06/2024 10:00
1118.24 03/07/2024 08:10
1117.44 29/05/2024 09:36
1115.86 10/05/2024 10:00
1115.63 30/05/2024 08:10
1114.85 13/06/2024 17:40
1111.71 14/05/2024 07:50
1111.43 05/06/2024 07:45
1108.61 20/05/2024 18:25
1108.15 07/06/2024 07:35
GZ9 Load Date
247.74 03/07/2024 08:45
244.73 10/05/2024 10:00
242.2 05/06/2024 09:55
241.9 30/05/2024 11:15
241.86 19/06/2024 17:30
241.25 20/06/2024 08:05
240.62 13/05/2024 17:50
239.64 28/05/2024 17:55
238.64 27/06/2024 08:20
238.45 13/06/2024 08:35