NSW asked to reduce energy use to avoid heatwave blackouts

Premier Chris Minns has pleaded with NSW residents to restrict the use of power-guzzling appliances.  Video via AAP

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00:00The government's asking individual households and businesses to, wherever possible, wherever

00:05it's safe, consider not using energy-intensive appliances between the hours of 3pm and 8pm

00:14this afternoon.

00:15The reason for that is that solar production in the energy market starts to come off from

00:203pm at exactly the same time as people return home from work.

00:25So if you can not run your pool filter, not run your dishwasher, not run your washing

00:29machine this afternoon between 3pm and 8pm, you'll help the grid.

00:33We're hopeful that a combination of all of these measures will reduce the amount of demand

00:39on the energy system over that crucial 3pm to 8pm period, and as a result won't lead

00:45to load shedding or blackout.