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A week of peak power demand records
23 June 2006
A week of peak power demand records
The cold and stormy weather that has gripped the country in the past week has seen electricity consumption soar.
As System Operator, Transpower observed a number of new records for peak electricity demand. These include:
New Zealand record
– 6630 megawatts (up
2%) on Monday evening 19th June
North Island record
–
4425 MW (up 1%) on Monday evening 19th June
South Island
record
– 2227 MW (up 0.1%) on Thursday evening 22nd
June
Auckland/Northland record
– 2133 MW (up 7%) on
Friday morning 23rd June
Wellington record
– 640 MW (up
6 %) on Thursday evening 22nd June
Upper South Island
record (Christchurch north)
– 1076 MW (up 4 %) on
Wednesday evening 21st June
Over the longer term, peak electricity demand in New Zealand is forecast to increase by around 2.5 percent a year. But these figures show that from one year to the next, the actual regional increases can be significantly more.
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