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Vector Network News for the week ending 21 August 2016

EV chargers helping the environment

Vector’s electric vehicle charging stations continue to be used regularly. Since we began installing chargers in November 2015, we have served 34.32 MWh of electricity, potentially saving as much as 45,617.25 kilograms of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere1.

Here are the stats for the past week.

Weekly Rapid Charger Totals

The busiest station this week was Silverdale with 99 charges.

Average Number of charging sessions this week.

45.85 Sessions

Average Length of charging session this week.

18.45 Minutes

Megawatt hours consumed this week

1.56 Mwh

[1] The average electric car can drive 5,754 km on every MWh of electricity served. And on average, an average medium sized petrol car emits 0.231kg CO2 emissions per km.

Network summary for week ending 21 August 2016

Electricity

There were 13 car v poles last week in St Heliers, Green Bay, Onehunga, East Tamaki, Ardmore, Papatoetoe, Meadowbank (2), Te Hana, Avondale, Henderson Valley, Remuera and Hillpark. Meanwhile Fire Service and Vector crews were busy attending fires in Waiwera, Papatoetoe, Otahuhu and Avondale. The power was isolated for safety so that crews could attend to the fire.

Gas

Contractors struck our gas pipes in Pukekohe, Mangere, St Johns, Epsom, Meadowbank (2), Auckland CBD (2), and Greenhithe. Repairs were made swiftly.


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