Vector Network News for the week ending 14 August 2016

Vector Network News for the week ending 14 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 32.76 MWh of electricity, potentially saving as much as 43,543.74 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 Newmarket with 114 charges.

Average Number of charging sessions this week.
50.85 Sessions
Average Length of charging session this week.
19.63 Minutes
Megawatt hours consumed this week
1.75 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 14 August 2016
Electricity
There were three car v poles last week in Mt Roskill, Hillpark and Remuera. Meanwhile Fire Service and Vector crews were busy attending fires in Mangere, Wellsford, Te Atatu, Albany and Papakura. The power was isolated for safety so that crews could attend to the fire.
Gas
Contractors struck our gas pipes in Northcross on Auckland’s North Shore as well as Meadowbank last week. Repairs were made swiftly.

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