power cuts on one of the coldest nights
A report for the Government on the power cuts that left 34,000 households without electricity on one of the coldest nights of the year has found there was no need for any disconnections.Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods on Thursday released the report of the Investigation into electricity supply interruptions of 9 August 2021, headed by former Cabinet Minister Pete Hodgson and assisted by specialist technical advisor Erik Westergaard."The investigation sets out a number of key findings - crucially that turning off the power for more than 34,000 households for up to two hours, simply need not have happened, and there was enough discretionary load to keep the lights on," Woods said."The report also found that Transpower, as the electricity system operator, had inadequate visibility of the extent of that discretionary load and that the Electricity Authority must review and strengthen its oversight of the system operator."The report states that "forced disconnection" of household electricity "was entirely avoidable"."...Turning off any householder’s electricity, apart from their hot water cylinder, simply need not have happened," the report says.
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