Floods knocked out Redclyffe, so why rebuild on the same flood-prone site?
Flood damage from Cyclone Gabrielle means Redclyffe substation needs to be rebuilt. Transpower's Mark Ryall joins Bernard to discuss the curious decision to rebuild on the same flood-prone site.
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Show Notes
The Redclyffe substation near Napier flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle and turning it off turned off the power for much of Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti. Transpower has fixed it for now, but has faced a big decision: should it rebuild it where it is now, next to a stream? Or start again on higher ground? The choice tells us a lot about how to think about our climate future. Bernard Hickey talks about that decision with Transpower’s executive general manager grid delivery, Mark Ryall.
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