List of power stations in New Zealand

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Power plants in New Zealand have different generating roles – for baseload, intermediate or peaking.

Baseload generators are those that run continuously (except for maintenance), and include all geothermal and run-of-the-river hydroelectric plants, which must 'use it or lose it'.

Intermediate generators are load-following power plants.

(Unit 3) 2024 Source:[9] Decommissioned due to lightning strike damage.

Graph of New Zealand electricity generation capacity by year. Data from NZ Electricity Authority Market Information website wholesale dataset for generation Nov 2017. Minor amendments to data for graphing purposes.
Graph of New Zealand electricity generation capacity by year