Vector Network News

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Network summary for week ending 21 June 2015
Electricity

An over height truck brought down lines in two places in Glenfield on Saturday, resulting in an outage to customers.

Emergency services requested that Vector isolate power to house fires in New Lynn, East Tamaki and Glen Eden.

Vector poles had to be replaced after car v pole incidents in Remuera, Manly, Te Atatu and Onehunga South during the week. A council street light was struck by a car in Manurewa, and our crews were on hand to make the site safe and refer it to the council. There was also a car v pole in Henderson.

Gas

There were two reports of gas odours in Hamilton and one in Auckland during the week. Our crews attended, and made the necessary repairs.

Projects

Vector’s new zone substation at Flat Bush will be livened next month. The substation grounds and the buildings are complete, with electrical installation work underway.

This new substation has been built to answer the growing demand for power in the Flat Bush area, a region of Auckland undergoing intense development. Around 36,000 people will call Flat Bush home by 2025, and Vector is proud to be providing key infrastructure for this growth area in Auckland.

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.

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. Our majority shareholder, with voting rights of 75.4%, is the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust (AECT).

For further information, visit www.vector.co.nz.

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