Get more from your connection.
Add the EV, the heat pump and the induction hob without triggering a $10k network upgrade*. Basis helps automate your loads to optimise your existing network connection.
Basis manages your peak demand so you can add the EV, the heat pump and the hob without changing your existing connection.
Automate loads and stay under limits.
EV, hob and heat pump can stack to 25 kW. Your connection is rated for 18 kW. Basis schedules the controllable loads so the spike rarely lands. Same appliances, same evening, more room before you need to call the lines company.
Add the EV without rebuilding the panel.
A new EV typically forces a switchboard upgrade for DC protection and 32A circuits, and often a connection upgrade on top. Basis has DC protection built in and shifts the charge window away from your evening peak.
Right-size the battery to the peak.
A battery sized to your actual evening peak is smaller, cheaper, and still gets you under your connection limit. Most installers oversize because they don't have the data; Basis does.
Get future ready with Basis.
- *Connection-upgrade quote ranges on this page reflect the bundled cost of a typical residential capacity upgrade: lines-company capital contribution + new service feed + possible transformer reinforcement + new switchboard + electrician labour and civils. The lines-company portion alone sits in the $3,250–$9,900 range across major NZ networks (Unison urban/rural and Powerco urban/rural published 2025/26 schedules for standard residential connections up to 3-phase 40–63 A). Upgrades to existing connections sit outside those fixed schedules and are quoted case-by-case; the upper end reflects rural service-drop runs, transformer-impacted upgrades, and full switchboard rebuilds.Source: Unison Connection Pricing 2025/26 · Powerco Connection Pricing · Counties Energy Capital Contribution Policy 2024