Begg Linda, R2014-02-232014-02-232005https://hdl.handle.net/10182/5879The New Zealand Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme develops emerging agribusiness leaders to help shape the future of New Zealand agribusiness and rural affairs. Lincoln University has been involved with this leaders programme since 1979 when it was launched with a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, USA.The research for this paper was done in Otago but there is every reason to expect that it would apply equally to any region in New Zealand. It is intended as a guide to any farmer contemplating a stand alone power system. Individual farm circumstances make it unlikely that all the answers could be provided. When it came to my attention that the government had passed legislation stating that the power companies would not be required to guarantee supply to uneconomic areas, it provided the incentive to write this paper.enCopyright © The Author.power supplystand alone power systemsremote area farmsindependent power supplyOtherANZSRC::070108 Sustainable Agricultural DevelopmentANZSRC::120505 Regional Analysis and Development