Ray, I'm not sure if my idea is the same as yours. To my way of thinking, we should have at least a 400kV system all through the country, not just in bits, here and there. Down here in Canterbury, the work has been put in place to upgrade the 110 and 220kV lines to 400kV. Why is it such a problem up North? Sure bigger Pylons. Big frigging deal. 400kV carries lower current, and them lines are a lot higher off the ground. To my way of thinking, it's the Greenies influencing the Media.