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{{short description|New Zealand electricity and gas distribution company}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
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{{Infobox company
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Powerco is a dual-energy distributor. Its role is to bring the gas and electricity delivered by the transmission networks [[Transpower New Zealand|Transpower]] (for electricity) and [[First Gas|Firstgas]] (for gas) from the gas fields and power stations where it's generated, through its distribution networks, to customers.
 
Powerco owns and operates 28,935km935 km of electricity lines and cables, and 6,227km227 km of gas pipes. Over 900,000 customers are connected to its networks across 345,000 individual electricity connections and 112,000 individual gas connections.
 
Its electricity network covers:
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! Total network !! Eastern network <br /><small>(Tauranga, Coromandel and South Waikato)</small> !! Western network <br /><small>(Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu and Wairarapa)</small>
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| Total circuit length || 28,935  km || 10,993  km || 17,942km942 km
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| 50kV and 66kV || 169  km || 169 km || –
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| 33 kV || 1,612  km || 532 km || 1,080  km
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| 22 kV || 122 km || – || 122 km
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| 6.6kV to 11kV || 16,781  km || 6,051  km || 10,730  km
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| [[Single wire earth return]] (SWER) || 92  km || 69  km || 23  km
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| Low voltage (<1kV) || 10,159 &nbsp;km || 4,172 &nbsp;km || 5,986 &nbsp;km
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| Street lighting || 3,067  km || 1,689  km || 1,378  km
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| Customer connections || 345,000 || ||
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| Total pipeline length
| 6,227  km
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| Intermediate pressure (700–2000 kPa) || 274  km
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| Medium pressure (7–700 kPa) || 5,940  km
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| Low pressure (<7&nbsp;kPa) || 14 &nbsp;km
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| Customer connections || 113,478
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.powerco.co.nz/}}
 
{{Electricity companies in New Zealand}}