Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 9:02 am Press Release: Vector Limited
Penrose Substation update
Vector wishes to advise
that all but 324 customers have been restored overnight.
Crews worked in very challenging weather conditions with
hail, rain and wind hampering their efforts.
The main St
Johns feeder was restored allowing most of the customers in
affected areas to have power this morning.
This has
allowed us to spread the load over more of the network, but
as the peak load comes up this morning, we may have to drop
some customers off. They will be restored once the peak has
passed. Please conserve energy if you are in the affected
areas as it will allow more customers to remain on.
Work
on restoring the remaining fire damaged cables will continue
today.
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