Network Summary: Pre-Easter storm rolls through Auckland

The pre-Easter storm that blew through the Auckland region last Wednesday night provided a valuable reminder about the importance of tree trimming.

One of the biggest challenges we face is external interference, particularly from vegetation during storms. Trees cause at least a quarter of the faults on the network.

Overgrown trees not only cause outages but they also prevent our crews from repairing equipment quickly and delay the process of restoring power to customers.

Network summary for week ending 27 March 2016

Electricity

Vector crews attended three car v pole incidents in Otahuhu, Glenfield and Titirangi last week, along with a car v pillar incident in Panmure.

Crews also attended house fires in Three Kings, Mt Wellington and Te Hana at the request of the fire service in order to isolate the electricity supply for safety.

Gas

Third party contractors caused damage to our networks in Manukau, Hamilton and Grey Lynn.

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