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 1180.6 MW
Zone 3 Load 780.93 MW
Zone 3 Margin 399.67 MW
Zone 3 AUVLS enabled No
Electricity Ashburton 44.8 MW
Marlborough Lines 43.8 MW
Buller Electricity 5.4 MW
Network Tasman 83.81 MW
Alpine Energy Ltd 81.4 MW
Mainpower 69 MW
Orion 442.646 MW
Westpower 16.42 MW
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Top South Island Load Data
GZ 9 Real Time VSAT Limit 268.7 MW
GZ 9 Load 140.41 MW
GZ 9 Margin 128.29 MW
GZ 9 AUVLS enabled No
Marlborough Lines 43.8 MW
Buller Electricity 5.4 MW
Network Tasman 83.81 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
1121.4 09/05/2024 07:55
1112.73 08/05/2024 07:50
1102.23 03/05/2024 08:00
1098.49 07/05/2024 07:35
1088.5 06/05/2024 18:20
1070.88 01/05/2024 17:55
1049.05 28/03/2024 08:20
1042.29 11/01/2024 18:40
1039.11 06/03/2024 08:00
1037.23 02/05/2024 08:05
GZ9 Load Date
239.04 08/05/2024 09:55
232.74 07/05/2024 08:05
229.84 01/05/2024 17:50
229.34 09/05/2024 07:55
225.54 06/05/2024 08:05
222.16 03/05/2024 08:05
219.83 03/04/2024 08:10
219.7 28/03/2024 08:20
218.86 30/04/2024 08:05
218.15 20/03/2024 08:05