Last week’s polar blast saw Auckland’s heaters and heat pumps running at full blast resulting in a record electricity peak - 1766MW – recorded at 7.07pm on Thursday night (June 20th). The highest demand for the same period last year was 1628MW at 6.00pm on Wednesday 20th June, while the highest peak in 2012 was 1747MW at 6.00pm on Wednesday 8th August.

NETWORK SUMMARY for week ending 21 June 2013

ELECTRICITY

There were seven car vs pole incidents during the week with one of the cars also taking out a roadside pillar.

Our crews were called out to isolate the power at four properties in Mangere East, Mt Wellington, Orakei and Birkdale, due to fire.

Trees brought down lines in several incidents across the city but repairs were made and power restored quickly.

GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Contractors in Te Kuiti, Manurewa and Hamilton struck gas pipes while working in the area. Repairs were completed quickly.

PROJECTS

AMETI

Major works in Auckland’s suburb of Panmure continue as a major city transport corridor takes shape - The Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative (AMETI). The project has kept Vector project crews busy installing and relocating services as the area develops. Vector’s main involvement has centred on the relocation of underground cables and moving overhead services underground along several routes from Morrin Road to the Mt Wellington Highway, so that a new multi-lane highway can be built. In the next few months, Vector will be working to boost the power supply for the new Panmure railway station, which includes the installation of a new 300 KVA transformer on the Ellerslie Panmure Highway. Further south, new two-metre underground pipes are being pipe jacked 220 metres from the lagoon to the Panmure Basin to take the increased volume of water to the sea.  To allow this to happen, Vector is relocating overhead power lines along the route and will reinstate them once the work is complete.

SHORTS

·         Vector owns over 17,737 kilometres of overhead and underground lines in the greater Auckland area, and 12,752 of gas pipe lines, almost half of which supply gas to Auckland.

·         Englebert Humperdink is at Vector Arena on Saturday 29 June

·         Manic Street Preachers are at the Vector Arena on Tuesday 2 July

·         Vector, proud sponsor of the Arena.

Vector owns and manages a unique portfolio which consists of electricity distribution, gas transmission and distribution, electricity and gas metering installations and data management services, natural gas and LPG and fibre optic networks.

Vector is listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange with ticker symbol VCT. For further information, visit www.vector.co.nz

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