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.
