* Electricity Authority 'disappointed' after customers left without power, is reviewing the blackout event* Neil Holdom: New Zealand's energy future a hybrid of renewable and non-renewableSo what went wrong? The fragility of our amazing and incredibly reliable energy infrastructure was exposed, once again. Our Government’s approach to tackling these complicated national infrastructure planning challenges is resolution via centralisation and major interventions. The Climate Change Commission has called for a national energy strategy and we should be inviting the energy sector, scientists, engineers and economists to help build a strategy that works for us all. Kiwis must be able to see and understand our total national energy consumption and emissions in real time just like the weather.

Source: Stuff August 11, 2021 16:51 UTC