Power is essential, but households have little control over what they pay or when they pay it. tīrama exists to change that: to give New Zealand homes a simpler, fairer way to power their lives, and to make fair value from power something they can count on.
The reality today
Power costs keep rising.
Electricity prices keep going up, putting pressure on household budgets.
Trust is low. Many New Zealanders feel energy companies put their own interests first.
Switching feels like a hassle. It feels time-consuming, confusing and risky.
The future feels uncertain. People are concerned about reliability, outages and the energy transition.
We buy power when it costs less, store it in a battery at your home, and use it when power would otherwise cost more. Unused stored power is sold back to the grid when it is worth more. We install the battery, own it, maintain it and manage it.
A simpler, fairer way to power your home, without changing how you live.
We go in order, starting where the bill bites hardest: big households, and homes where the next bill is a worry. Installs are scheduled as the programme decides, in clusters or one at a time. The sign-up form asks how many people live at the address, and whether the next bill is a worry, for exactly that reason.
Beyond your household
A better use of energy and a more resilient system. When many homes store power while there is plenty and use it when the network is busiest, the grid carries less at its most expensive hours. That is value for New Zealand homes, shared back with the households that make it possible.
