Vector Network News week ending April 5

NETWORK SUMMARY for week ending 5 April 2013

ELECTRICITY
It has been a busy week for vehicular incidents. A car hit a pillar in Flatbush, a car hit a pole in Kohimarama, there was another car vs pole incident in Clevedon which caused a power outage affecting more than 700 customers in the area – but perhaps the most unusual one was a car v house in Papatoetoe. Our crews were called out to isolate the power to the house.

Two reports came in for power lines that had come down on Waiheke Island, one at East Ostend and the other at Oneroa. It’s believed that trucks had taken out the lines in both cases. Poles were replaced and lines re-hung within several hours.

We were alerted by the Police that a transformer door was open on Howe Street in Central Auckland. Our crews closed and secured the doors immediately.

Our crews were also called in to isolate the power at two fires on Wednesday (April 3). One was at the Maidment Theatre at the University of Auckland in Princes Street and the other a building in Burma Road, Tapora.

GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
There were two incidents where contractors struck a gas pipe, one in Mt Maunganui and one in Mt Albert. Residents at a household in Hamilton East also reported a gas smell which turned out to be a gas leak on an installation on their property.

Please take care around our gas network and call 0508 B4 U WORK (248 967) or 0800 B4 U DIG if outside Auckland.




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.
• Vector Arena hosts Robert Plant ,Thursday 11 April, the Script, Friday 12 April and Josh Groban, Saturday 13 April.
• 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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