{
  "query": {
    "country": "NZ",
    "energy": "electricity",
    "consumption_band": "standard"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "NZD",
    "unit": "per kWh (monthly bill divided by monthly kWh, including GST and the fixed daily charge)",
    "value": 0.4459,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 0.4459,
    "typical_low": 0.3897,
    "typical_high": 0.5294,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-05-01",
    "to": "2026-05-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "median",
    "reference_period": "2026-05",
    "note": "Unweighted median of 39 network regions; sample_size is null because the regions are not purchases."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-20T17:50:06.263Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "nz-ea-electricity",
    "name": "Regional power prices: average power use and costs (EMI)",
    "publisher": "Electricity Authority (New Zealand), Electricity Market Information (EMI)",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), per the EMI Legal Information page",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "www.emi.ea.govt.nz provided by the Electricity Authority (New Zealand), licensed CC BY 4.0. The price per kWh (monthly bill divided by monthly kWh) is calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://www.emi.ea.govt.nz/Retail/Datasets/RegionalPowerPrices"
  },
  "method": "New Zealand electricity: the Electricity Authority's modelled average monthly bill for a typical household in a network region, divided by its monthly kWh. With no region given, the figure is the unweighted median across the network regions; the range is their 10th to 90th percentile. Give a region for one place.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Across 39 New Zealand network regions the median modelled household electricity price in 2026-05 is about NZD 0.446 per kWh including GST (regions are not weighted by population). Official median published by Electricity Authority (New Zealand), Electricity Market Information (EMI) for 2026-05.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "regions_counted": 39,
    "month_end": "2026-05-31",
    "region_cheapest_nzd_per_kwh": 0.3559,
    "region_dearest_nzd_per_kwh": 0.5797
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_6c4fb4e7fcb3026278b2",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-20T17:50:06.263Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published median",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-05-31",
  "data_age_days": 142,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published average or median with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}