Yesterday was one of the hottest days of the year - and then there was a mysterious electricity failure blacking out over thirty thousand homes on the northern beaches and a smaller number in the southern suburbs.
The official explanation blamed the shortfall on " a connection point failure between a high voltage cable and a transformer. "
Many will wonder if this is just " spin ", or whether the creaking electricity system in this state was obliged to engage in " load shedding " when demand outstripped generating capacity.
There is something mighty suspicious about the state government's absolute desperation to shed it's ownership of electricity generation - and the done deal that has caused elected board members to resign en mass in protest.
According to the weather bureau we can expect a repetition of yesterdays high heat for the rest of this week.
Watch out for more " incidents " - which will get a variety of causes - if this was a genuine case of involuntary load shedding caused by lack of capacity. Perhaps our electricity regime is in much poorer shape than we have been led to believe !
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