Power Outages in Australia and New Zealand (Page 2)

More than 4000 properties have been left without power due to a power cut caused by a fault on Transpower's network. The Power cuts affected the central North Island towns.

After a series of power outages caused by storms, bushfires and cyclones, Western Australia has declared its will to implement in large scale also abroad a completely off-grid system of energy distribution.

The coastal town is preparing for a power outage lasting days. Western Power has confirmed that the power outages are more likely to happen but can not confirm on how many days those will last.

In Rotorua, the closed museum undergoing renovations suffered a power failure to its power generator. The Rotorua Lakes Council arts and culture was informed by a tripped fuse. The generator costed $17,000 and the temporary power supply $7,000 to the ratepayers.

It is has been reported that if rain will not arrive in the next few months in New Zealand, the population and infrastructure of the country will have to face two major problems. One is higher prices for the consumption of energy.

The second which maybe is even larger, will be a series of blackouts in the country. The tide is certainly out at Lake Pukaki. Storage levels across the South Island's hydro lakes are around two-thirds of what they usually are supposed to be.

Rain could rebalance the situation by rising the water storage levels so to rehabilitate power production and therefore supply major areas in the country with energy. The experts say that there is nothing to worry for the moment but the potential threat of blackouts remains, with the dry patterns forecast to stick around for at least the first half of winter.