When you look at the electricity supply chain, who do we trust. The national grid operator (Transpower, in New Zealand) is up there, making it all work is what they do, get the power from source to your region. But they are a long way from the consumer, chances are not many people know who they are or what they do and that's fine, it's a government agency providing a core backbone service.
On Tuesday 22nd February 2011 Christchurch was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake which devastated the central business district and many residential suburbs also claiming over 160 lives.