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==Business==

The New Zealand electricity reforms of the 1980s split the electricity industry broadly into four sections - generators, transmitters, distributors and retailers. Six main generator businesses ([[Meridian Energy]], [[Genesis Energy]], [[Contact Energy]], [[Mighty River Power]], [[Trustpower]] and [[Todd Energy]]) generate electricity and supply it to New Zealand's national grid, operated by [[Transpower New Zealand|Transpower]]. Transpower transmits high-voltage electricity to grid exit points (or [[Substation|substations]]) around New Zealand for transmission to households and businesses. The local distribution network (mostly consisting of underground wires and/or overhead wires) that transmit electricity to end-users like households and businesses are owned and operated by local distribution companies, mostly regionally based. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.powerco.co.nz/About-Us/Our-Business/NZ-Electricity-Market/| title=Our Business: New Zealand's Electricity Market| date=14 July 2015| publisher=Powerco}}</ref>

 

 

Its electricity network currently supplies the following regions:

 

Powerco's natural gas distribution network covers:

 

== Key dates ==