Winter Power Watch is about providing all New Zealanders with accurate, up to date information about the outlook for electricity supplies during winter 2008.
We're heading into winter this year off the back of a significant summer drought in the North Island and low rainfall in the South Island. At the same time, the electricity industry has been dealing with numerous technical issues such as the forced retirement of New Plymouth power station (because of asbestos contamination) and limited transfer of energy across the HVDC link between the islands.
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Well worth a look. I found on homepaddock's blog. It had been cited by Bernard Hickey as an example of government waste.
I don't agree. I found it very useful. My requirements wouldn't be the same as Mr. Hickey's, I guess. Probably a case of one person's waste being another person's excellent value.
the website has not been setup by transpower, it is actually a joint venture between the 5 main power generators - Genesis Energy, Mercury Energy, Meridian, Contact, Traustpower and the national grid owner Transpower - It aims to provide the users with an interactive tool to understand the concept of energy efficiency and power saving - the current state of the industry at a national level and the affects on a micro level - It also provides users with suggestions which would help the industry and advises that every individual effort contributes towards a consolidated whole. Another website worth a hit is www.treepeople.co.nz, an effort by Genesis Energy to spread and encourage awareness among individuals in an interactive and constructive manner.
ReplyDeleteI apologise for misspelling Trustpower
ReplyDeleteabsolution: Thanks. I note that winterpower is now being re-directed to powersavers.co.nz. I'll check out treepeople, too.
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