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Power cut blame: Transpower to be scrutinised first, 'then wider issues'
The Electricity Authority has signalled it will quickly investigate Transpower’s role in contributing to Monday’s power cuts before moving on to consider any broader issues raised by the outage. It is now known about 34,350 homes had their electricity cut off without warning on Monday evening, when a cold snap that was forecast to leave supplies tight coincided with an unplanned outage of Genesis’ Tokaanu hydro power station on the Tongariro River. Electricity Authority chief executive James Stevenson-Wallace said the review – one of four requested or under way – would focus on Transpower’s processes and ... (full story)