While there is hope the immediate crisis may be over, the power cuts did not come out of the blue. But chief executive Alison Andrew believed some power cuts would have been inevitable even had that mistake not been made. He said on Tuesday that he couldn't yet comment on whether that was an underlying cause of Monday’s power cuts. But its worries eased after the country squeaked through the morning rush shortly before 9am without power cuts. But the underlying problems that led to power cuts on what was arguably just a somewhat nippy winter’s day remain.

Source: Stuff August 10, 2021 02:17 UTC