Parker was speaking in an urgent debate in the House called to discuss the widespread power outages on Monday. This meant lines companies shed more electricity than they needed to, potentially cutting off households that could have stayed connected. Some lines companies including Auckland's Vector picked up on the mistake and sought the correct number, but others did not. Those companies shed more customers than they needed to. Parker pushed back on the allegation that the power outages had anything to do with the reliability of renewables.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 11, 2021 08:03 UTC