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NOTE; Special report being masked as normal study on rundown of basic domestic services.
This is a coded report on what has been happening to the NZ/AO polity over the last decades, as far back as 1984.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2409/S00234/northland-transmission-tower-collapse-report-released.htm
Hon Simeon Brown
Minister for Energy
The Electricity Authority’s report into the collapse of a Northland transmission tower on 20 June 2024 that left 88,000 people without power has been released, Energy Minister Simeon Brown says.
“The report highlights that several key failures led to the transmission tower collapsing and that the economic impact for Northland was substantial. The report shows a range of estimates between $37.5 million and $80 million dollars in lost economic activity and that without distributed electricity generation, this figure would have been even higher.
“As expected, the report found that the removal of the nuts on the tower’s baseplates, which led to the towers collapse and the underlying factors that contributed to this, were entirely avoidable.
“More broadly, the report found an overreliance by Transpower on service providers to ensure that critical assets are maintained. It also found that identifiable risks were missed, including concerns that were raised internally.
“The report shows that concerns were raised by a senior engineer within Transpower in 2021 regarding a gap in the knowledge of maintenance crews undertaking foundation work, but that the recommendations for improvement by Transpower were not acted on.
“Transpower failing to act on these opportunities has led to terrible consequences for the people of Northland but there is also evidence that the removal of all nuts from more than one tower leg was not a one-off event.
“These are incredibly concerning findings, and the report identifies a number of recommendations that I expect Transpower will fully accept and act with urgency to address.”
The report recommends that Transpower review its policies on the escalation of service provider noncompliance events. It also calls for greater reporting on service providers so that the Transport board and senior management can exercise effective governance and oversight.
The report also found that the restoration of power after the tower collapsed was carried out quickly, safely and efficiently, and highlights the importance of distributed generation.
“Distributed generation was able to meet 45 per cent of the peak demand, meaning that many customers could get up and running shortly after the tower collapse. Without distributed electricity generation, the economic cost to Northland would have been far greater. The Electricity Authority estimates that having access to that distributed electricity generation saved Northland consumers at least $26 million.
Further – (inexperienced company fails to understand that proper training and drill required to be used when carrying out important duties for the nation – is fined for incompetence and officers of company sent to boot camp for a strenuous week!?)
Earlier news item:
Northland power outage – Inexperienced worker removed too many nuts on pylon
Waikato senior reporter @NatalieAkoorie
3:14 pm on 1 August 2024
An investigation into the collapse of a power pylon in Auckland’s Golrit [gobbledegook?what] cut power to most of the region has found contractor error was to blame.
Omexom was carrying out routine maintenance to the baseplate of Tower 130, a Transpower transmission tower servicing 100,000 properties, when the pylon fell on 20 June.
The report, released on Thursday morning, said a relatively inexperienced and inadequately supervised worker removed nuts from three of the four legs of the pylon, compromising its stability and causing it to rupture and fall.
And it was not the first time nuts and washers were removed from more than one leg of a pylon at once, which did not align with the contractor’s own standard practice…
News – nuts are to the fore. People going …, loose screws and nuts frequent …concern about the condition of nuts… having soft-centres… Is there a university course studying nuts and doing research on them? It’s a whole spectrum in a word.
Is there any surprise that 7 houses Chris is so strongly against a CGT, that he actively tries to stifle the debate? (www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529018/luxon-takes-crack-at-anz-boss-antonia-watson-over-capital-gains-tax-support)
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