Northern power comes south
f:V.Z. Press Association) i WELLINGTON, April 16. j North Island power is being sent south, even though the facility for reversing the flow has not been completed. ’ About lOOmw was trans- ] mitted south continuously I from 11.15 p.m. on Wednesday until 6.00 a.m. on Thursday. I The general manager of ] the Electricity Department ’(Mr P. W. Blakeley) said: “This corresponds to an energy transfer from the ’ North Island to the South ’lsland of 650,000 units.” ! Conditions in the hydro-
I lake catchments of the ] [South Island were dry at l present, Mr Blakeley said, , and the department was takI ing advantage of the reverse flow facility across the Cook Strait cable to conserve South Island hydro storage. While the weather remained dry in the south ' similar operating patterns would continue, and power might be sent south during the day as well, he said.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34130, 17 April 1976, Page 3
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