About WEL Networks

What we do

Across the Waikato, we deliver innovative and sustainable energy solutions which enable our communities to thrive.

With over 103,000 residential households and businesses connecting to our electricity services, we’ve been playing an essential role in the economic and social development of our communities for over 100 years.

Key to this growth are strong partnerships and innovation which see us explore new ways of providing critical infrastructure and services to ensure our customers receive affordable, reliable, fairly priced and environmentally sustainable energy.

WEL Networks is part of the WEL Group along with Infratec, NewPower Energy and We.EV.

A snapshot of the WEL Group

WEL Networks and its subsidiaries (WEL Group) design, build, operate, maintain and own $891M worth of electricity network infrastructure.
WEL Group is 100% owned by the community through our sole shareholder the WEL Energy Trust. WEL Energy Trust was formed in 1993 for the purpose of holding shares in the lines company, WEL Energy Group. The Trust is governed by a board of up to seven trustees, who are elected every three years.
WEL Group has 350 people who deliver electricity services to our communities.
WEL Networks connects more than 103,000 residential properties and businesses (including 975 commercial/industrial sites), to a power supply within our network area.
WEL Networks maintains over 7,000 kilometres of lines and cables - around 46% are overhead and 54% are underground. This includes low voltage service lines but excludes street lighting pilots, fibre and communications lines.
Over 72,000 homes and businesses currently have one of our smart meters installed which gives us valuable insights into power consumption patterns and low voltage activity.
In FY26, Infratec completed four solar farms with two under construction. Altogether, the six projects will provide a total solar capacity of 160.2 MWdc.
From April 2025 to March 2026 across the 54 public EV chargers within our network we’ve saved 358,000kg of CO2e.
Over the next decade we’re planning to spend $182.2M on network development projects to support the current and projected growth within our network. Find out more.