24 Jun 2024

Northland electricity supply back but fragile

From Morning Report, 7:22 am on 24 June 2024

Northlanders' electricity supply is back at full capacity, although the network is still in a fragile state. Transpower has reconnected one of the region's two 220-kilovolt circuits, propping it up with a temporary pylon. The other line remains trapped under a fallen tower. As a result, Transpower says the risk of short power cuts is higher than usual. Nobody from Transpower would join us on the programme today. Northpower's chief executive Andrew McLeod spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.