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Count the machines. Find the first switch.

Vehicles, heat, hot water and rooftop solar: see what switching each one to electric could save, and how long it takes to pay back. Every result is labelled Estimate.

  • Fuel to electrons

    Compares what you spend on fuel today with the cost of running an EV or heat pump.

  • Your premises

    Lease length and whether the roof suits solar change the order of the switches.

  • Solar, if it adds up

    A rooftop size estimate appears only when the numbers make sense.

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Your Machine Count.

Count the fossil machines in your business. The result ranks the switches by savings and payback.

Choose your route

All four routes use Rewiring Aotearoa's Machine Count frame. The questions are tuned for each context.

where the numbers come from

Fuel and electricity prices, efficiency and emissions factors come from MBIE energy prices, EECA, the Ministry for the Environment’s greenhouse gas inventory and Rewiring Aotearoa’s Machine Count method. Assumptions version 2026-05-13-v1.

MBIE energy prices · prices change, so treat every figure as an Estimate.

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draft-only posture

Estimate only, not a quote or advice. It uses published New Zealand prices and efficiency figures dated in the assumptions below; your own bills and an installer’s quote are what count.

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