Power Companies

 

Below is a comprehensive list of power companies in NZ, market share and useful contact details.

If you’re interested in prepay energy providers, a growing segment within NZ, I have compiled a list of providers and discussion on the pros and cons of prepay.

If I am missing any, please let me know via the contact form.

Contents

Nationwide

Bosco Connect (including Tiny Mighty Power)

Bosco Connect logo

Moderately sized electricity retailer, owned by Mercury Energy.  Marketed as specialising in supplying power to inner-city Auckland and Wellington apartments under the Bosco Connect brand, and small towns under the Tiny Mighty Power brand.  Around 1.3% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business: info@bosco.co.nz  or  info@tinymighty.co.nz

Contact Energy

Large power generator and retailer, supplying 20% of all NZ power connections.  Publicly listed on the stock exchange as CEN.

Residential & Business:  help@contactenergy.co.nz

Ecotricity

Ecotricity Logo

Small electricity retailer, marketed as a carbonZero certified energy provider, which means that Ecotricity aim to buy power from wind, hydro and solar generators to match your consumption at the other end.  Around 0.05% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business:  bring.change@ecotricity.co.nz

Electra Energy

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Small electricity retailer, owned by electricity distributor Electra and specialising in providing power to customers within the Kapiti and Horowhenua area.  Around 0.05% of all NZ power connections.

Retail & Business:   yourenergy@electraenergy.co.nz

Electric Kiwi

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Small electricity retailer, marketed as being smaller, smarter and cheaper.  Only available for households and businesses with smart meters installed.  Aim to optimise their power purchases against your consumption.  Around 0.3% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business:  info@electrickiwi.co.nz

Energy Online

energy online logo

Moderately sized electricity retailer, owned by Genesis Energy and marketed as being simpler and cheaper.  No fixed term contracts.  Around 4% of all NZ power connections.

Read about our four years of experience as an Energy Online customer.

Residential & Business:  help@energyonline.co.nz

Flick Electric

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Smaller electricity retailer, with pricing based upon wholesale spot prices, plus a margin.  Only available for households and businesses with smart meters installed.  No fixed term contracts.  Weekly payments for power used.  Around 0.8% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business: hello@flickelectric.co.nz

Genesis Energy

Genesis Energy Logo

Large power generator and retailer, supplying 21% of all NZ power connections. Publicly listed on the NZ stock exchange as GNE.

Residential:  customercare@genesisenergy.co.nz

Business:  business@genesisenergy.co.nz

Giving Energy

Giving Energy Logo

Tiny electricity retailer, marketed as raising funds for your school, club or charity with most customers also saving money.  Around 0.02% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business: ask@givingenergy.co.nz

GLOBUG

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Moderately sized electricity retailer, owned by Mercury Energy, operating a pre-pay / top-up model and balance alerts via mobile phone.  Power is disconnected if balance runs out, but no charge for dis/reconnections.  Around 1.5% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business:  Website

Grey Power Electricity

Grey Power Electricity Logo

See Pulse Energy below.

Just Energy

Just Energy Logo

See Pulse Energy below.

King Country Energy

King Country Energy Logo

Small electricity generator and retailer, majority owned by Trustpower and publicly listed on the Unlisted exchange.  Around 0.8% of all NZ power connections.

Retail & Business:   enquiry@kce.co.nz

megaEnergy & megaTel (a.k.a. Hunet Energy)

MegaTel MegaEnergy Logo

Small electricity retailer covering Auckland only, marketed as retailing bundled phone / internet / electricity packages and having multi-lingual customer service (English, Chinese, Korean).  Around 0.2% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business:  help@megatel.co.nz

Mercury Energy

Mercury Energy Logo

Large power generator and retailer, supplying 16% of all NZ power connections. Publicly listed on the NZ stock exchange as MCY.

Residential & Business:  Website

Meridian Energy

Meridian Energy Logo

Large power generator and retailer, supplying 11% of all NZ power connections. Publicly listed on the NZ stock exchange as MEL.

Residential:  service@meridianenergy.co.nz

Business:  business@meridianenergy.co.nz

Smart Meter Rollout: deployment@meridianenergy.co.nz

Nova Energy (& Todd Energy)

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Moderately sized electricity retailer and generator owned by Todd Corporation.  Strong focus on high consumption businesses customers.  Around 4% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business:  info@novaenergy.co.nz

Opunake Hydro

opunake hydro logo

Small electricity retailer and generator, traditionally supplying the general Taranaki region.  Around 0.05% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business: info@opunakehydro.co.nz

Paua to the People

Paua to the People Logo

Almost non-existent electricity retailer, supplying the Wellington region.  Less than 0.01% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business: ask@pauatothepeople.co.nz

Payless Energy

Payless Energy Logo

Tiny electricity retailer, traditionally supplying Dunedin and the surrounding region.  Around 0.04% of all NZ power connections.

Powershop

Powershop Logo

Moderately sized electricity retailer, owned by Meridian Energy, with a business model based upon heavy user interaction and operating on a pre-pay(ish) payment model.  Strong focus on marketing, social media and customer service.  Around 3% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business:  info@powershop.co.nz

Pulse Energy (including Grey Power Electricity & Just Energy)

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Moderately sized electricity retailer, owned by generator Pioneer Energy and distribution network Buller Electricity.  Low-price and price-certainty based business model with three-year price fixing and no early termination fee.  Around 3% of all NZ power connections.

Switch Utilities

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Small electricity retailer, with products targeted at commercial buildings, apartment buildings, sports clubs and schools.  Around 0.05% of all NZ power connections.

Business:  info@switchutilities.co.nz

Tiny Mighty Power

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See Bosco Connect above.

Trustpower

Trustpower Logo

Large power generator and retailer, supplying 13% of all NZ power connections.  Strong recent focus upon supplying bundled power / phone / broadband packages to improve customer retention.  Publicly listed on the NZ stock exchange as TPW.

Residential:  https://www.trustpower.co.nz/for-your-home/plan-builder

Business:  https://www.trustpower.co.nz/for-your-business/tell-us-what-you-need

Email: enquiries@trustpower.co.nz

Wise Pre-Pay Energy

Wise Prepay Logo

Small electricity retailer, operating a pre-pay / top-up model similar to Globug.  Appears to be owned by megaTel (see megaEnergy above).  No deposit, credit check or fixed contract. Around 0.1% of all NZ power connections.

Residential & Business:  enquiries@wiseprepay.co.nz

Nathan’s Notes:

Due to the fragmented retailer market, I have termed a retailer < 0.05% market share as tiny, 0.05% – 0.99% as small, 1% – 5% as moderate and >5% as large.

Power connection market share data sourced from the Electricity Authority,.