Genesis Energy is accepting some, but not all the blame for yesterday's rolling power outages.

Energy Minister Megan Woods has pointed the finger at the power company for putting commercial priorities first and not firing up its third boiler.

But Genesis boss Marc England told NewstalkZB that's not fair, as they are only one of several generators in the market that collectively let the ball drop yesterday.

Transpower says they had no time to warn people about the power outage because they had to act quickly.

But if we get rid of lots of our oil and gas, how will we get by without lots outages like this?

John Carnegie from Energy Resources Aotearoa says that while renewable energy is great, and we need more, last night they showed their vulnerabilities (with wind and hydro capacity both dropping  off) so it’s important to have a diverse fuel mix.

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