Originally Posted by
Jantar
I am not sure of the exact problem, but there are major issues with Pohokura, and a minor problem at Maui. We are being curtailed to around 2/3 of our normal gas usage.
The rain that was expected did arrive over the past 2 weeks. But it came as white fluffy stuff rather than wet heavy stuff. There is more snow in the western parts of the South Island than has been seen for many years. The eastern ranges missed quite a bit of this. Central Otago District Council have extended the winter road closures (like Poolburn, Old Dunstan Rd, Dunstan Range roads, Nevis Rd etc) for an additional 3 weeks due the extra snow this year.