Distribution charges discount
Benefiting our Northland consumers
Each year, we pay a distribution charge discount to customers connected to our network.
The next payment will be in May 2026.
The savings from the price discount were previously paid out once a year as a lump sum, which was credited to your electricity bill around December. Payments will now be around May each year, so customers will not get a payment at the end of 2025 like they have in the past.
This change to payment timing is required to meet accounting and tax compliance purposes, where discounts should be paid after the end of the financial year.
The amount will be calculated using the discount rates in our full pricing schedule.
For information on the discount for the year ending March 2025, click here
Pricing discount FAQs
A pricing discount is a discount on Northpower’s electricity distribution charges. The saving from this price reduction is paid out to consumers by being credited to your electricity bill in May or June.
The discount payment will be applied as a credit on the electricity bill from the ICP’s current electricity retailer in May or June. However, retailers sometimes pay this earlier than expected.
To qualify as an eligible ICP, an ICP must be supplied from the Northpower electricity network with a registry status of “Active” (Connected) on the date we calculate the distribution discount, and be a current customer of an electricity retailer on that date for the respective discount payment.
Yes – and it does not matter which electricity retailer you are with. All retailers are required to pass-through the pricing discount they receive from Northpower on to their customers.
The pricing discount is a discount or reduction to Northpower’s distribution prices.
It is calculated on your use of electricity by using a discount rate per pricing tariff.
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