4648 (2025). Scott Willis to the Minister for Energy

4648 (2025). Scott Willis to the Minister for Energy: What is the number of residences, if any, that had their power disconnected in 2024 for failing to pay bills, and how does this compare with the previous 5 years?

Hon Simon Watts: I am advised that the Electricity Authority gathers data from electricity retailers on the number of Residential Installation Control Points (ICPs) that have been disconnected for non-payment for a period of more than 24 hours by retailers. In these figures a consumer that is disconnected multiple times within the reporting period will have each counted as a separate disconnection. Disconnection figures are only for customers on a post-pay plan. This data can be found here 2006 - 2021: https://emidatasets.blob.core.windows.net/publicdata/Datasets/Retail/Disconnections/Disconnection%20data%20-%20Q4%20Oct-Dec%202021.pdf 2022 - 2024: https://www.emi.ea.govt.nz/Retail/Reports/G2NODP?DateFrom=20221001&DateTo=20241231&Question=G&MarketSegment=Res&Show=Tot&_rsdr=ALL&_si=v%7C3