Contact Energy's Retail Electricity Sales Drop in March

MT Newswires Live

Apr 07, 2025

Contact Energy's (ASX:CEN, NZE:CEN) retail electricity sales declined in March compared with the year-earlier period, while wholesale spot electricity sales rose, according to a Monday filing with the Australian and New Zealand bourses.

Retail mass market electricity sales fell to 246 gigawatt hours (GWh) in March from 254 GWh in the same period in 2024. Retail gas sales also fell to 35 GWh from 44.

Wholesale electricity sales to businesses fell to 256 GWh from 275 GWh. Wholesale spot electricity sales grew to 711 GWh from 685 GWh.

The company said information for March electricity demand was not available at the time of preparing the monthly report.

The company's shares rose nearly 2% in Australia in recent Monday trade, while its New Zealand shares fell about 3%.

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Most Discussed

{"basename":"","ssrTDKData":{"titleTemplate":"%s - Tiger Brokers","title":"Tiger Brokers | Global Stocks, Options & Futures Trading App","description":"Tiger Brokers, one-stop investment in US stocks, SGX stocks, HK stocks, A-shares & other global assets. One of the best stock trading platforms in Singapore.","keywords":"tiger brokers,tiger trade,tiger brokers singapore,broker online,stock trading in singapore,share trading singapore,brokerage firm singapore,trading app,stock broker singapore,stock trading platforms,trading account","social":{"ogDescription":"Tiger Brokers, one-stop investment in US stocks, SGX stocks, HK stocks, A-shares & other global assets. One of the best stock trading platforms in Singapore.","ogImage":"https://c1.itigergrowtha.com/portal5/static/media/og-logo.be62fbe1.png","ogUrl":"https://www.itiger.com/news/2525081094"},"companyName":"Tiger Brokers"},"pageData":{"isMobile":false,"isTiger":false,"isTTM":true,"region":"SGP","license":"TBSG","edition":"fundamental"},"isCrawlerRequest":true,"__swrFallback__":{"@#url:\"https://stock-news.skytigris.cn/v3/news\",params:#id:\"2525081094\",edition:\"fundamental\",auth_exemption:1,,,undefined,":{"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2525081094?lang=en_US&edition=fundamental","thumbnail":"","is_english":true,"pubTime":"2025-04-07 08:40","share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","id":"2525081094","market":"fut","top_or_hot":-1,"title":"Contact Energy's Retail Electricity Sales Drop in March","media":"MT Newswires Live","content":"<html><body><p> Contact Energy's (ASX:CEN, NZE:CEN) retail electricity sales declined in March compared with the year-earlier period, while wholesale spot electricity sales rose, according to a Monday filing with the Australian and New Zealand bourses.</p><p>Retail mass market electricity sales fell to 246 gigawatt hours (GWh) in March from 254 GWh in the same period in 2024. Retail gas sales also fell to 35 GWh from 44.</p><p>Wholesale electricity sales to businesses fell to 256 GWh from 275 GWh.  Wholesale spot electricity sales grew to 711 GWh from 685 GWh.</p><p>The company said information for March electricity demand was not available at the time of preparing the monthly report.</p><p>The company's shares rose nearly 2% in Australia in recent Monday trade, while its New Zealand shares fell about 3%.</p></body></html>","source":"mtnewswires_news","html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Contact Energy's Retail Electricity Sales Drop in March</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nContact Energy's Retail Electricity Sales Drop in March\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1092851196\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/3002d84abbd5ace3c99397c7f95b8d4e);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">MT Newswires Live </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2025-04-07 08:40</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<html><body><p> Contact Energy's (ASX:CEN, NZE:CEN) retail electricity sales declined in March compared with the year-earlier period, while wholesale spot electricity sales rose, according to a Monday filing with the Australian and New Zealand bourses.</p><p>Retail mass market electricity sales fell to 246 gigawatt hours (GWh) in March from 254 GWh in the same period in 2024. Retail gas sales also fell to 35 GWh from 44.</p><p>Wholesale electricity sales to businesses fell to 256 GWh from 275 GWh.  Wholesale spot electricity sales grew to 711 GWh from 685 GWh.</p><p>The company said information for March electricity demand was not available at the time of preparing the monthly report.</p><p>The company's shares rose nearly 2% in Australia in recent Monday trade, while its New Zealand shares fell about 3%.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","isBrief":false,"type":0,"news_type":1,"symbol":"CEN.AU","symbol_name":"CONTACT ENERGY LTD","start_time":0,"source_url":"https://www.mtnewswires.com/","article_id":"2525081094","we_media_id":"1092851196","thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2525081094","pubTimestamp":1743986432,"columns":[],"sourceInfo":{"source_id":"mtnewswires_news","name":"MT Newswires"},"weMediaInfo":{"media_name":"MT Newswires Live","introduction":"The most recognized names in North America, Europe and Asia rely on MT Newswires to power their applications. Better news, better service, better price.","home_visible":1,"id":"1092851196","head_image":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/3002d84abbd5ace3c99397c7f95b8d4e"},"summary":"Contact Energy's  retail electricity sales declined in March compared with the year-earlier period, while wholesale spot electricity sales rose, according to a Monday filing with the Australian and New Zealand bourses.Retail mass market electricity sales fell to 246 gigawatt hours  in March from 254 GWh in the same period in 2024. Retail gas sales also fell to 35 GWh from 44.Wholesale electricity sales to businesses fell to 256 GWh from 275 GWh.  Wholesale spot electricity sales grew to 711 GWh from 685 GWh.The company said information for March electricity demand was not available at the time of preparing the monthly report.The company's shares rose nearly 2% in Australia in recent Monday trade, while its New Zealand shares fell about 3%.","collect":0,"end_time":0,"defaultTopTitle":"","property":["earning"],"viewcount":null,"language":"en","relate_stocks":{"CEN.AU":"CONTACT ENERGY LTD","CEN.NZ":"Contact Energy Limited Ordinary Shares"},"translate_title":"Contact Energy三月份零售电量下降","themeId":null,"isJumpTheme":false,"ttsUrl":null,"symbols_score_info":{"CEN.AU":0.9,"CEN.NZ":1},"content_text":"Contact Energy's (ASX:CEN, NZE:CEN) retail electricity sales declined in March compared with the year-earlier period, while wholesale spot electricity sales rose, according to a Monday filing with the Australian and New Zealand bourses.Retail mass market electricity sales fell to 246 gigawatt hours (GWh) in March from 254 GWh in the same period in 2024. Retail gas sales also fell to 35 GWh from 44.Wholesale electricity sales to businesses fell to 256 GWh from 275 GWh.  Wholesale spot electricity sales grew to 711 GWh from 685 GWh.The company said information for March electricity demand was not available at the time of preparing the monthly report.The company's shares rose nearly 2% in Australia in recent Monday trade, while its New Zealand shares fell about 3%.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"-1","news_tag":"dataReport","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"}}}