Credit where credit is due.

Blackouts are expected to occur in an area of Sydney today during another day of high temps.
A Green MP has suggested something I'd not heard of before.

State Greens MP John Kaye says better energy management could help avoid blackouts.

He says the government could achieve a ten per cent cut in the peak load if it encouraged people to install a cheap component that switches their airconditioners off for five minutes every hour.

"It's done in America. When it's done consumers don't even know it's happening," he said.

"It doesn't change the temperature inside a house dramatically but it releases the pressure on the transmission and distribution system and the generation system, takes away blackouts and is cheaper and better for the environment."