You're not wrong. Perhaps the most charitable interpretation given they specify the South Island is they're assuming that we would displace the energy use of t

You're not wrong. Perhaps the most charitable interpretation given they specify the South Island is they're assuming that we would displace the energy use of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Given that's about 13% of our total energy use, is powered by hydro dams without the grid capacity to transport to population centres, and run by Rio Tinto who keep threatening to throw their toys and go home... (Of course, the other option would be to build the bloody grid capacity to get energy to where we need it, but that's a different story I guess.)