Sydney weather: Energy Minister pleads for help to avoid heatwave power blackout

"Extraordinary heatwave". 

NSW has weathered the first day of "an extraordinary heatwave" with only limited power outages, but faces another testing couple of days before cooler conditions arrive.

Don Harwin, the new NSW energy minister, issued a statement late on Friday thanking households and businesses for heeding calls to curb power use. He also announced the formation of an Energy Security Taskforce to examine ways to improve readiness for similar future events.

Read The Sydney Morning Herald story - “Sydney weather: Energy Minister pleads for help to avoid heatwave power blackout.”