Power Outage in Hawkes Bay
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General news
Keeping New Plymouth’s Power Supply Secure
Transpower New Zealand is making sure its lines continue to provide power to New Plymouth and surrounding areas, notwithstanding the demolition of the old power station right next door.
Equipment failure at Islington Substation
Transpower advises that this morning it had a piece of equipment at its Islington Substation fail.
Protection of the Cook Strait Cable Zone
Transpower has said that the importance of the HVDC Cook Strait Cable was highlighted recently when the master of a ship was prosecuted for anchoring in the Cook Strait Cable Protection Zone.
AUFLS report published
Transpower's report to the industry on the 12 November Auto Under Frequency Load Shedding Activation (AUFLS) has been published.
Power being restored to Fernhill
Transpower advises that power has been restored to the Fernhill area following a power outage this morning.
Power outage in Fernhill - Hastings
Transpower advises that Fernhill, which includes Hastings and the surrounding area, is currently experiencing a power outage affecting around 15,000 people.
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HVDC Pole 2 Control System High Power Tests Completed
Final high power tests on the new HVDC link were completed yesterday, with transfers of 1,195 MW being achieved (the link’s full capacity is 1,200 MW).
Urgent power outage required in Hinuera area - Waikato
Transpower advises that an urgent power outage is required in the Hinuera area this Sunday 24 November from 9am – 3pm.
Initial report into AUFLS outage event released
Transpower has released its preliminary report into the Automatic Under Frequency Load Shedding (AUFLS) event on November 12 which caused a loss of supply to some customers in the North Island.
