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A week of peak power demand records – 23 Jun 2006
A week of peak power demand records – 23 Jun 2006
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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