Network summary for week ending 16 August 2015

Network summary for week ending 16 August 2015

Electricity

A contractor struck a cable while carrying out work in Flat Bush during the week. Repairs were made and power was fully restored.

Trees touching lines in Waitakere caused a power outage during the week. One in four outages is caused by trees, especially in bad weather. If you do see a tree growing into our network lines, please report it to us by email info@vector.co.nz or call 0508 VECTOR.

Lines down were the cause of another outage in Waitakere during the week. Our crews investigated and made the necessary repairs.

Our crews also attended to a report of lines down in Glenfield during the week. A Chorus asset was affected and there was no damage to Vector’s network.

An emergency shutdown had to be carried out in Clover Park during the week after a car hit a Vector pole. A pole had to be replaced after a car vs pole in Papakura, and a pillar met the same fate in Takapuna. Poles that were affected by traffic incidents in Glen Eden and East Tamaki belonged to the council, but our crews made these sites safe for the public. Car v pole incidents also occurred in Massey, Glenfield and Paremoremo.

Emergency services advised us during the week that buildings in Mangere were being evacuated, due to fire, but our crews were then stood down. Power isolations were carried out to fires in Edgewater, Mt Albert, Mangere and Oratia.

Gas

Damage caused by third parties kept our gas crews busy during the week, with call outs to Hauraki, Mt Albert and Torbay.

Projects

Vector crews are replacing switchgear and metering devices at the Auckland Trotting Club in Alexandra Park as part of a project to reinforce supply to the area. The latest switchgear from Siemens is being installed.

This project will take around six weeks, and is due for completion at the end of August.

Shorts

• Vector owns over 18,000 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, proud sponsor of the Arena.

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