22 Aug 2024

Transpower to allow generators to take more water from hydro lakes

From Checkpoint, 4:50 pm on 22 August 2024

Transpower has announced it will allow generators to take more water from South Island hydro lakes to help stave off the the electricity shortage. It means another few weeks reprieve, but if there isn't sufficient rainfall through spring, the grid operator could call on the public to conserve power use to help free up supply, Samantha Gee has more.