Electricity market summary - 14 Nov 2004

Wholesale electricity market summary for the week ending 14 November 2004

Spot Market Daily Average Reference Point Prices

0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00

17 Aug 1 Sep 16 Sep 1 Oct 16 Oct 31 Oct

Price (c/kWh) Otahuhu Haywards Benmore 7-Nov 8-Nov 9-Nov 10-Nov 11-Nov 12-Nov 13-Nov 14-Nov Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Daily Average Reference Price (c/kWh)

Otahuhu 3.16 3.70 4.72 4.49 4.49 4.39 3.99 4.22

Haywards 3.13 3.54 4.55 4.32 4.34 4.27 3.84 4.07

Benmore 3.03 3.38 4.39 4.15 4.15 4.03 3.68 3.89

Haywards 1 month ago 4.25 3.86 3.56 3.34 3.46 2.83 3.18 3.13

Haywards 1 year ago 3.89 5.89 5.12 5.48 5.55 5.40 5.70 4.32

M-co Electricity Price Index (c/kWh)

New Zealand 3.76 3.80 3.89 3.94 3.96 4.05 4.02 4.15

New Zealand 1 month ago 4.29 4.11 4.06 3.98 3.86 3.68 3.52 3.37

New Zealand 1 year ago 4.53 4.85 5.03 5.21 5.34 5.44 5.65 5.70

7-Nov 8-Nov 9-Nov 10-Nov 11-Nov 12-Nov 13-Nov 14-Nov Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

NZ Demand (GWh)

Total 89.3 102.2 103.5 103.9 104.9 102.8 94.1 91.9

7 days ago 91.3 102.7 103.8 104.2 104.3 101.8 95.0 89.3

7 day change -2.2% -0.5% -0.4% -0.2% 0.6% 1.0% -1.0% 2.9%

Total 1 month ago 96.6 105.9 103.6 103.3 103.0 101.9 95.1 92.2

Total 1 year ago 90.2 101.7 102.9 103.5 104.8 102.6 93.6 89.9

NZ Generation Output (GWh)

NI Hydro 16.6 19.5 19.8 19.8 19.5 18.8 16.6 16.6

NI Other 33.2 38.3 39.0 39.0 39.8 39.8 34.7 33.1

SI Hydro 40.4 46.3 46.5 46.8 47.3 45.8 44.1 43.6

Total 90.2 104.0 105.3 105.6 106.6 104.5 95.5 93.2

NI Hydro 1 month ago 22.1 22.2 20.0 21.6 22.2 19.8 20.9 21.8

NI Other 1 month ago 30.4 36.1 38.4 37.6 36.3 36.1 30.7 28.9

SI Hydro 1 month ago 46.2 49.9 47.0 45.9 46.3 47.9 45.0 42.8

NI Hydro 1 year ago 15.5 18.9 19.0 19.3 20.1 20.4 18.9 16.4

NI Other 1 year ago 25.2 28.8 32.4 32.8 32.9 32.0 27.7 28.2

SI Hydro 1 year ago 49.4 54.4 55.7 55.1 55.7 54.0 50.6 48.4

Inter-Island Transmission Transfers (GWh)

South to North 5.5 7.4 6.9 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.3 8.1

North to South 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

South to North 1 month ago 10.6 11.4 8.3 8.4 9.0 10.4 8.4 6.9

South to North 1 year ago 15.8 17.6 16.3 15.5 15.3 16.1 14.6 13.1

Hydrology (GWh)

Storage 2215 2225 2247 2261 2268 2276 2282 2319

% of average 91% 91% 91% 92% 92% 92% 92% 93% Inflows (GWh/day) 72 71 80 81 73 69 68 98

% of average 86% 84% 95% 96% 86% 82% 81% 116%

Storage % of average 1 month ago 91% 91% 90% 91% 92% 92% 93% 93%

Storage % of average 1 year ago 98% 97% 97% 97% 96% 96% 96% 97%

The M-co Electricity Price Index is a demand weighted seven-day rolling average that smoothes out price volatility distortions. The wholesale electricity price differs from the retail electricity price, which is the price domestic consumers see on their electricity bill. The wholesale price is only one of the factors that influence retail prices.

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