{
  "query": {
    "country": "NZ",
    "energy": "electricity",
    "consumption_band": "standard",
    "region": "Auckland (Vector)"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "NZD",
    "unit": "per kWh (monthly bill divided by monthly kWh, including GST and the fixed daily charge)",
    "value": 0.394,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-05-01",
    "to": "2026-05-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-05",
    "note": "Modelled average from retail tariffs, not a paid bill. Includes GST."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-20T17:52:47.108Z",
  "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.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The Electricity Authority's modelled average for a standard user household in Auckland (Vector) in 2026-05 is about NZD 0.394 per kWh including GST and the daily charge. Official average 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": {
    "region": "Auckland (Vector)",
    "month_end": "2026-05-31",
    "fixed_charge_nzd_per_day": 3.0828,
    "variable_rate_nzd_per_kwh": 0.2651,
    "monthly_use_kwh": 718,
    "monthly_bill_nzd": 282.92,
    "monthly_network_charge_nzd": 103.24
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_6aa9dc36d5d0aac18ac6",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-20T17:52:47.108Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "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."
  ]
}