Why your electricity bill is so high

New Zealand’s electricity market system is stacked up against the consumer when it comes to lower power prices, Newsroom reveals. Stuff senior journalist Tom Pullar-Strecker says part of the issue is our mix of power sources. “New Zealand is relatively unusual in that the majority of our power comes from hydroelectric power schemes and it underlies some of the controversies around market structure,” he says. “Electricity can and should be cheaper than it is.”