Reply To: Electricity usage – where to find local information

[Ian McChesney]

Hi Michael
I am not aware of a website with such info. It might be easier to approach one of your large retailers in Dunedin (e.g. Contact) and see if they will provide kWh usage. Aurora might have information, but they may not have the means to separate residential use from commercial.

However, average kWh usage can be a misleading number. Bear in mind that over 50% of Dunedin households use other fuels, mainly wood for winter heating, so the average kWh figure becomes a composite that includes all electric homes, homes heated entirely by other fuels, part heating by electricity etc.

It may be more useful for you to develop a data around some typical Dunedin ‘archetypes’ e.g. elderly, all electric heating; family, wood burner heating etc.

regards
Ian

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