text: Unison Networks
  
  Unison Networks Limited (Unison) is an electricity distribution and fibre optic network company, based in Hastings, New Zealand.
  
  Unison owns and manages the electricity lines network and the fibre optic network in the Hawke's Bay, Rotorua and Taupo regions. The service area covers 12,000 km2. The Unison group also provides electrical, fibre, civil, and vegetation contracting services; manufactures electrical products; and operates an insurance company.
  
  Ownership
  The company is 100% owned by the Hawke's Bay Power Consumers' Trust on behalf of electricity consumers in the Hawke's Bay area. The Trust is made up of five elected Trustees and operates under a Trust Deed.
  
  Distribution network
  The Unison subtransmission and distribution network is supplied from the national grid via Transpower substations. Seven Transpower grid exit points (GXPs) supply the Unison network: Redclyffe, Fernhill, and Whakatu for Napier-Hastings; Wairakei for Taupo; and Rotorua, Owhata, and Takurenga for Rotorua.
  
  Network statistics
  
  Network performance
  Unison reported the normalised performance of the network for the 2014/15 year as follows:
  
  History
  Early in the twentieth century, electricity generation and distribution was managed by local councils or municipal departments. An electricity network was established in Hastings in 1912, with a power house in Eastbourne Street. Following changes to national legislation, the Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board was formed in 1924.
  
  Subsidiaries
   Unison Contracting Services Limited
   Unison Energy Limited
   Unison Fibre Limited
   Unison Insurance Limited
   ETEL Limited
  
  See also
   Electricity sector in New Zealand
  
  References
  
  External links
   Unison website
  
  Category:Electric power companies of New Zealand
  Category:Telecommunications companies of New Zealand
  Category:Companies based in Hastings
  Category:Hawke's Bay Region