MEL - Meridian Energy

[Jantar]

all lakes now full to overflowing which is reflected by the volume going through the HVDC cable going north around 825MW. Rain really has fallen where it needed to in the past few weeks.

http://www.em6live.co.nz/PlanningReg...ningregion=uni


https://www.meridianenergy.co.nz/abo...ns/lake-levels

For Meridian, Only Manapouri and Te Anau are full to overflowing, Pukaki is at half full. The other lakes are not storage lakes, but except for Ohau, are just headponds. Ohau is a very small storage lake with high volatility and can be emptied in a few days.

For Contact's lakes, Wakatipu is around 80% full, Wanaka is less than 50% full and Hawea is just under 30% full.

So all are much healthier than 2 months ago, but still a long way to go before being full.

The Clutha River down stream from the lakes is in a level 2 flood, and that is what is pushing the high HVDC transfer