New Zealand is expiriencing a power crises right now. During the summer rain was a non-frequent guest Down Under. The hydro power stations have not much water left for generating electricity. New Zealands power demand is backened to a very high percentage by hydro power. The missing rain showed up that this dependency could be a problem. Our commissioning of the Taranaki CCPP was watched carefully by newspapers, radio stations and TV. Spots were made to show the people how to save energy. Doing my 10 percent means, everyone should try to use 10 percent less electrical energy.
Energy crises are quit common to underdevelopped countries. There power failures are frequent like thunderstorms. It is something new to a country like NZ. The people are facing the risk that the grid is shutting down non-essential parts if the power demand is too high. It looks like that NZ is one of the first countries who is doing a lecture: Energy is not something which is coming out of the outlet. It is coming from a power plant and it needs to be converted from something. How New Zealand and the privatised energy companies will solve this problem is something I don't know yet but one thing is clear: Wasting energy is not cool. It could be getting a problem. NZ is facing it and for the inhabitants it is for sure not easy to adapt as quickly as they have to.