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Independent Experts to Lead Technical Investigation
AECT Welcomes Appointment of Independent Experts to
Lead Vector-Transpower Technical
Investigation
Auckland, 10 October 2014 –
The Auckland
Energy Consumer Trust (AECT), the majority owner of
infrastructure group Vector Limited welcomes the appointment
of three independent industry experts to undertake Vector
and Transpower’s initial technical investigation into the
cause of the Penrose substation outage.
Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges has also asked for the Electricity Authority to investigate the outage.
Trust Chairman, William Cairns, says that it is important to understand what caused the incident.
“The inquiries are a very important part of the review process in ensuring continual security of supply, and we are pleased that Vector and Transpower are moving quickly.”
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