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What do households in New Zealand pay for electricity?

Household energy prices in New Zealand, from Electricity Authority. This source is answered live, so the page shows how to ask, not a number.

An official average or median published by a statistics office or regulator, not individual sales.

ProofPrice reads Electricity Authority when you ask, so the answer is always the latest published. It comes with its period, its source and its licence; a range built from records is given only when at least 5 records sit behind it.

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Where this comes from

Source
Regional power prices: average power use and costs (EMI), published by 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
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.
How fresh the source is
Monthly file; the newest month is about four to five months behind today. Each answer states its month.
Limits
A modelled average of retail tariffs for typical households, not a count of paid bills and not an offer from any retailer. No sample size. Electricity only (no gas). Figures lag by several months. Prices include GST (15%).
Rule
A figure built from records is shown only when at least 5 records sit behind it; official statistics are shown as such, with their reference period. See how we earn trust and the method.

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Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.