Monday, 6 October 2014, 8:56 am Press Release: Vector Limited
Overnight Power Restoration in Auckland
Vector wishes
to advise that crews have managed to restore further
customers overnight.
They have restored all of St Heliers,
all residential customers in Mt Wellington and half of
Remuera.
This has been done by spreading the load over the
network and some of these customers may come off during peak
load this morning. However, they will have power back once
the peak has passed.
This has meant hot water cylinders
and freezers could operate overnight.
The total number of
customers out at present is around 18,000, down from 39,600
last night.
Customers are asked to be as frugal as
possible with their energy use in these areas if they have
been restored so we can back feed more areas. Crews
continued to work on the damaged cables over night and fresh
crews are due onsite shortly to continue with this
work. Medically dependent customers or vulnerable
customers in these areas should make alternative
arrangements.
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