Powershop is an online power company available to residents in the Upper Hutt area, including Silverstream, Maymorn, Heretaunga, Trentham, Whitemans Valley, Pinehaven and Emerald Hill. We’ve been supplying homes and businesses with electricity in Upper Hutt since 2009.
Who has the power in Upper Hutt?
Around 177,638 individual properties are connected to the electricity network in the Wellington region.
The average consumption per property in Upper Hutt is approximately 6,982 kWh per year. This compares to 6,763 kWh per year for the North Island as a whole and 7,882 kWh per year in the South Island.
Where does the power come from?
With a goal to become a fully-renewable energy country, we’re doing really well with around 85% of our power coming from sources like water, geothermal activity and of course wind. With an ever-evolving infrastructure to make use of the high volume of wind across the year, the Wellington region is well positioned to tap into these natural resources instead of fossil fuels. Upper Hutt’s power is obtained through the national generation grid along with a few local generation sources. There’s even a power substation in Birchville, Upper Hutt.
Who is the local lines company in Upper Hutt?
Wellington Electricity is the energy lines company in Upper Hutt. Wellington Electric also supplies power to Upper Hutt, Porirua and Wellington City. As the lines company, it’s their role to maintain the poles, lines and equipment used to deliver energy to the region.
As the regional network, they’re the best ones to ring if there is a fault or outage at your property.
Do I get a dividend from my lines company in Upper Hutt?
Wellington Electricity does not pay a dividend to residents.
How much do I pay for power living in Upper Hutt?
If you provide your home address in our calculator you can get a simple estimate of your rates. You can also upload a recent bill to get an annual cost estimate and find out how much Powershop could save you compared to your current retailer.
Or you can download the current rates for residential customers in Upper Hutt.
How can I save money on power in Upper Hutt?
There are a number of ways to reduce power costs for those living in Upper Hutt:
- Try and shift your heavy appliance usage into the off peak periods and leverage the cheaper per kWh rates.
- Taking note of the usage, maintenance and purchase of home appliances.
- Make use of sunshine in Upper Hutt and hang wet laundry outside, saving dryer and dehumidifier costs.
- Take an active role in reviewing your household usage. This can help you identify where moments of large power consumption happen, so you can start to plan ways to reduce this.
- If you’re with Powershop, buying our regular discounted specials.
For more power saving tips read the full Saving Electricity hub.
What is Get Shifty?
The technical term is Time of Use pricing, which is available to customers with smart meters in nearly all network areas – including the Wellington Electricity network. We call it Get Shifty. With Get Shifty, you can save money when you shift your power use to off-peak times of the day.
Note that while your off-peak rate is lower with Get Shifty, your peak rate is higher.
What are the rates for Get Shifty?
To find out your Get Shifty rates for the Wellington Electricity Network, please contact us using our live chat. Or download our full rates for residential customers in the Upper Hutt area.
*Source: EA Retail Dashboards - Residential consumption trends
