Transpower faces sanction for handling of 2017 outage

Transpower faces sanction for handling of 2017 outage
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans Dec. 18 (BusinessDesk) - National grid operator Transpower has been referred to the electricity industry’s Rulings Panel for its handling of a major power outage in the lower South Island last year. The incident in March 2017 was caused when maintenance workers inadvertently shut the two main circuits supplying power from Clyde to Twizel. At the time, the only other supply north was also shut due to maintenance on the circuits between Livingstone and Naseby. The shutdown triggered four major emergency systems to prevent...