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  "generated": "2026-07-14",
  "method": "CSV files are maintained inputs. dashboard-snapshot.json is generated for the application.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "energy-quarterly",
      "label": "Electricity generation and demand",
      "publisher": "MBIE",
      "dataset": "New Zealand Energy Quarterly",
      "url": "https://www.mbie.govt.nz/building-and-energy/energy-and-natural-resources/energy-statistics-and-modelling/energy-publications-and-technical-papers/new-zealand-energy-quarterly",
      "updated": "11 June 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-03-31",
      "dataThroughLabel": "March 2026 quarter",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": "2026-09-11",
      "coverage": "Quarterly electricity generation and demand through March 2026.",
      "note": "Generation groups follow MBIE's quarterly electricity tables. Other renewables combines biogas, wood, and waste heat; non-renewables combines oil, coal, and gas.",
      "nextExpectedUpdate": "10 September 2026",
      "downloads": [
        {
          "label": "Generation CSV",
          "url": "/data/electricity-generation-quarterly.csv"
        },
        {
          "label": "Demand CSV",
          "url": "/data/electricity-demand-quarterly.csv"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "wholesale-electricity",
      "label": "Wholesale electricity prices",
      "publisher": "Electricity Authority",
      "dataset": "EMI wholesale price report",
      "url": "https://www.emi.ea.govt.nz/wholesale/Reports/w_p_c?DateFrom=20190101&DateTo=20260630&RegionType=NZ&TimeScale=MONTH&WeightedBy=DEMAND",
      "updated": "30 June 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-06-30",
      "dataThroughLabel": "June 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": "2026-08-31",
      "coverage": "Monthly national demand-weighted final wholesale spot prices from January 2019 to June 2026.",
      "note": "Prices are nominal New Zealand dollars per megawatt-hour and are weighted by electricity demand.",
      "nextExpectedUpdate": "Monthly",
      "downloads": [
        {
          "label": "Price CSV",
          "url": "/data/wholesale-electricity-price-monthly.csv"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "solar",
      "label": "Grid-connected solar capacity",
      "publisher": "Electricity Authority",
      "dataset": "Grid-connected solar is having its time in the sun",
      "url": "https://www.ea.govt.nz/news/eye-on-electricity/grid-connected-solar-is-having-its-time-in-the-sun/",
      "updated": "9 February 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-02-09",
      "dataThroughLabel": "9 February 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Operating grid-connected solar capacity and the announced 2026/27 project pipeline.",
      "note": "Announced pipeline capacity is not yet operating. Projects can be delayed, changed, or cancelled.",
      "downloads": [
        {
          "label": "Solar status CSV",
          "url": "/data/solar-capacity-status.csv"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "transport-history",
      "label": "Historical light-fleet electrification",
      "publisher": "Ministry of Transport via Figure.NZ",
      "dataset": "Monthly Motor Vehicle fleet",
      "url": "https://figure.nz/table/c9iCbF6Qb0qNlAs2",
      "updated": "March 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-02-28",
      "dataThroughLabel": "February 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Historical light-fleet electrified share through February 2026.",
      "note": "The series combines battery-electric and plug-in-hybrid light vehicles. It remains separate from the differently classified current NZTA snapshot.",
      "downloads": [
        {
          "label": "Historical fleet CSV",
          "url": "/data/transport-electrification-history.csv"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "transport-current",
      "label": "Current vehicle fleet",
      "publisher": "NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi",
      "dataset": "New Zealand vehicle fleet open data",
      "url": "https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/new-zealand-motor-vehicle-register-statistics/new-zealand-vehicle-fleet-open-data-sets",
      "updated": "30 June 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-06-30",
      "dataThroughLabel": "30 June 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": "2026-08-31",
      "coverage": "Current registered passenger-car/van and light-commercial fleet by motive power.",
      "note": "Passenger means the NZTA Passenger Car/Van vehicle type. Light commercial means Goods Van/Truck/Utility with gross vehicle mass up to 3,500 kg or class NA. Electrified combines electric, range-extended electric, fuel-cell electric, and plug-in-hybrid motive types.",
      "nextExpectedUpdate": "Monthly",
      "downloads": [
        {
          "label": "Current fleet CSV",
          "url": "/data/transport-current-mix.csv"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "process-heat",
      "label": "Process heat",
      "publisher": "EECA",
      "dataset": "Regional Heat Demand Database insights",
      "url": "https://www.eeca.govt.nz/insights/eeca-insights/regional-heat-demand-database/",
      "updated": "August 2024",
      "dataThrough": "2024-08-01",
      "dataThroughLabel": "August 2024 publication",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Mapped process-heat demand and emissions across 713 sites.",
      "note": "The database focuses on sites with fossil-fuelled primary heat equipment above 500 kW. Underlying site observations span multiple survey years, mainly 2021-2023.",
      "downloads": [
        {
          "label": "Process heat CSV",
          "url": "/data/process-heat-comparison.csv"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grid-connections",
      "label": "Grid connection outlook",
      "publisher": "Transpower",
      "dataset": "What's latest in grid connections",
      "url": "https://www.transpower.co.nz/connections/whats-latest-grid-connections",
      "updated": "8 July 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-07-08",
      "dataThroughLabel": "8 July 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": "2026-09-30",
      "coverage": "Generation and load projects being delivered through Transpower's connection pipeline.",
      "note": "Project counts and capacity are delivery-pipeline figures, not commissioned generation."
    },
    {
      "id": "generation-pipeline",
      "label": "Generation investment pipeline",
      "publisher": "Electricity Authority",
      "dataset": "New generation projects flowing through the investment pipeline",
      "url": "https://www.ea.govt.nz/news/eye-on-electricity/new-generation-projects-flowing-through-the-investment-pipeline/",
      "updated": "11 December 2025",
      "dataThrough": "2025-10-31",
      "dataThroughLabel": "October 2025",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Generation investment pipeline status at October 2025.",
      "note": "The broad pipeline is distinct from committed or under-construction projects; not all proposed capacity will proceed."
    },
    {
      "id": "battery-performance",
      "label": "Grid-scale battery status",
      "publisher": "Electricity Authority",
      "dataset": "Battery performance in New Zealand",
      "url": "https://www.ea.govt.nz/news/eye-on-electricity/eye-on-electricity-battery-performance-in-new-zealand/",
      "updated": "19 May 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-05-19",
      "dataThroughLabel": "19 May 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Operating, under-construction, and announced grid-scale batteries.",
      "note": "Megawatts measure discharge power; megawatt-hours measure stored energy. Status categories must not be added as though all capacity is operating.",
      "downloads": [
        {
          "label": "Battery status CSV",
          "url": "/data/battery-capacity-status.csv"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "renewable-spill",
      "label": "Renewable generation spill",
      "publisher": "Electricity Authority",
      "dataset": "Low prices and renewable generation spill",
      "url": "https://www.ea.govt.nz/news/eye-on-electricity/low-prices-and-renewable-generation-spill/",
      "updated": "9 March 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-03-09",
      "dataThroughLabel": "9 March 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Renewable spill, low-price periods, flexible demand, and batteries.",
      "note": "Used to explain why some renewable output is not used when supply exceeds demand or network and storage limits bind."
    },
    {
      "id": "waiinu",
      "label": "Waiinu Energy Project",
      "publisher": "Fast-track New Zealand",
      "dataset": "Waiinu Energy Project",
      "url": "https://www.fasttrack.govt.nz/projects/waiinu-energy-project",
      "updated": "15 June 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-06-15",
      "dataThroughLabel": "15 June 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Proposed integrated wind, solar, and battery project.",
      "note": "Referral into the fast-track process is not approval or a final investment decision."
    },
    {
      "id": "high-temperature-heat-pumps",
      "label": "Very-high-temperature heat pumps",
      "publisher": "EECA",
      "dataset": "Very High Temperature Heat Pump Activator Initiative",
      "url": "https://www.eeca.govt.nz/co-funding-and-support/products/very-high-temperature-heat-pump-activator-initiative/",
      "updated": "20 April 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-04-20",
      "dataThroughLabel": "20 April 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Demonstration support for industrial heat-pump projects at or above 85 C.",
      "note": "The initiative offered co-funding for demonstrations; it is not deployed national capacity."
    },
    {
      "id": "hydrogen-research",
      "label": "Solid-state hydrogen storage research",
      "publisher": "MBIE",
      "dataset": "2026 Endeavour Fund extensions",
      "url": "https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/endeavour-fund-projects-to-receive-2026-extensions",
      "updated": "23 April 2026",
      "dataThrough": "2026-04-23",
      "dataThroughLabel": "23 April 2026",
      "lastChecked": "2026-07-14",
      "staleAfter": null,
      "coverage": "Research including solid-state hydrogen storage materials at the University of Waikato.",
      "note": "This is research funding, not a commercial storage project."
    }
  ]
}