Due to the high winds over here, the inter-island 500kV HV-DC link was taken out yesterday, by snapping 3 pylons. Here's a link to a story on it: http://www.xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,3882-2985123.00.html Apparently, they had to start up old generation equipment that had'nt been run in years, just to keep things working in the North Island.
