North Canterbury News: February 20, 2020

What’s changing?
In response to regulatory changes, MainPower is adjustingthe balance between ‘fixed’ and‘variable’
lines charges.Your electricity bill is madeupofseveral components,one ofwhichisthe cost of
deliveringelectricitytoyour property viaMainPower’s network, aprocess knownasdistribution.
The distribution cost accounts foraround27% ofyourtotalelectricitybilland is madeupofa
combinationoffixedand variablecosts. MainPower’sdistribution charges need to betterreflect the
actual cost of delivering electricitytocustomers. As MainPower’s costs arelargely fixed and not
relatedtothe quantity of electricity consumed (e.g. our ongoingmaintenance programme, costsof
transmissionpassed on fromTranspower), MainPower is adjusting the balancebetween the fixed
and variable components.Effectively,from 1April2020,the fixed portionwillform alarger portion of
your distribution charge.
Whatabout therebate?
From 1April 2020,the monthlyrebate paid to Qualifying Customerswillbeappliedasapercentage
discount off thefixedcharge.Therebate will continue to be paidasadiscountonthe power bill
thatyou receive from yourretailer (though someretailerschoosenot to showthis discount on their
invoices). Once acustomer is connectedtothe MainPower network,theyare aQualifying Customer.
Customersconnected to the former Kaiapoi Electricity network will have adiscountappliedtotheir
fixed charge equivalent to the MainPower rebate.
At 1April 2020,the Qualifying Customer rebate and Kaiapoi Electricity discountwill be
paidasapercentagediscount of the fixed charge.The percentagediscount is 43% for
residential customers and17% fornon–residential customers.
KaiapoiRegion
Customersinthe KaiapoiElectricity Region, from 1April 2020onwardswill be transitioned to MainPower PriceCategories.Theseare as follows:
Charges From 1April 2020
(before Discounts)
Fixed
Variable
Customer Price Categories
Residential Customers
NumberofICPs
31 Jan2020
Distribution
Dollars/day
+
Transmission
Dollars/day
=
Total
Dollars/day
Distribution
Dollars/kWh
+
Transmission
Dollars/kWh
=
Total
Dollars/kWh
All InclusiveStandardUser 711 1.976 0.504 2.480 0.019 0.004 0.022
AllInclusiveLow User 728 0.150 0.000 0.150 0.083 0.010 0.093
Uncontrolled Standard User 12 1.976 0.504 2.480 0.039 0.004 0.043
Uncontrolled LowUser 8 0.150 0.000 0.150 0.103 0.010 0.114
All InclusivewithNight OnlyStandardUser 99 1.976 0.504 2.480 0.019 0.004 0.022
Night Only Portion – – – – 0.009 0.004 0.013
All Inclusive with NightOnly LowUser 73 0.150 0.000 0.150 0.083 0.010 0.093
NightOnlyPortion – – – – 0.041 0.010 0.051
Other Customers
Non-Residential 233 2.450 0.741 3.191 0.043 0.004 0.047
TemporarySupply 5 2.470 0.504 2.974 0.102 0.004 0.105
CouncilPumping 19 3.270 1.843 5.113 0.022 0.004 0.025
Streetlighting (fixedchargecalculatedper fittingconnected) 1 0.035 0.000 0.035 0.044 0.025 0.069
Non-Residential-LargeUsers (weightedaverage) 7 23.500 54.199 77.699 0.037 0.005 0.041
DistributedGeneration 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Optional Additions
Right of WayLighting – – – – 0.044 0.025 0.069
Under Verandah Lighting – – – – 0.044 0.025 0.069
Distributed Generation – – – – 0.000 0.000 0.000
ChargesUpto31March 2020
Fixed
Variable
CustomerPriceCategories
Residential Customers
Distribution
Dollars/day
+
Transmission
Dollars/day
=
Total
Dollars/day
Distribution
Dollars/kWh
+
Transmission
Dollars/kWh
=
Total
Dollars/kWh
AllInclusive StandardUser 0.150 0.000 0.150 0.060 0.025 0.085
AllInclusive LowUser 0.150 0.000 0.150 0.060 0.025 0.085
Uncontrolled Standard User 0.600 0.000 0.600 0.060 0.025 0.085
UncontrolledLow User 0.150 0.000 0.150 0.081 0.025 0.105
AllInclusive with NightOnlyStandard User 0.300 0.000 0.300 0.060 0.025 0.085
NightOnly Portion – – – 0.021 0.002 0.024
AllInclusive with NightOnlyLow User 0.150 0.000 0.150 0.060 0.025 0.085
NightOnly Portion – – – 0.026 0.025 0.051
Other Customers
Non-Residential 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.060 0.025 0.085
TemporarySupply 1.000 0.000 1.000 0.105 0.025 0.129
CouncilPumping 0.150 0.000 0.150 0.060 0.025 0.085
Streetlighting (fixedcharge calculated perfittingconnected) 0.035 0.000 0.035 0.025 0.025 0.049
Non-Residential- Large Users (weightedaverage) 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.046 0.025 0.071
DistributedGeneration 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Optional Additions
RightofWay Lighting – – – 0.025 0.025 0.049
Under VerandahLighting – – – 0.025 0.025 0.049
DistributedGeneration – – – 0.000 0.000 0.000
Needmoreinformation
Formoredetailed informationonour pricingmethodology, which describesthe approach MainPowerhas adopted to
determine pricesfor customers connected to theelectricity distribution network, visitmainpower.co.nz/pricing.