Welcome to PowerNet

PowerNet Limited is the electricity network management company that delivers power to Invercargill City, Southland, North, South and West Otago, Stewart Island and Frankton near Queenstown.

PowerNet was established in 1994 by network owners Electricity Invercargill Limited and The Power Company Limited to develop, manage and maintain their electricity network assets such as lines, poles, cables, substations and other equipment, in a cost-effective way.

PowerNet manages the electricity networks of The Power Company Limited, Electricity Invercargill Limited, OtagoNet Joint Venture, Stewart Island Electricity Supply Authority (SIESA), and Electricity Southland Limited (Lakeland Network in Frankton).

Based on the regulatory Optimised Deprival Valuations (ODV) of the networks it manages, PowerNet is the equivalent of the fourth largest network company in New Zealand, delivering electricity to around 65,000 consumers.