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Cold Weather Drives Demand Bottled Gas
Cold Weather Drives Demand Bottled Gas
Winter’s cooler temperatures
continued to push demand for bottled gas last
week.
Vector’s On Gas Bottle Swap team delivered 12,000
bottles nationwide in the week ending Friday 27 June, 70% up
on normal sales, with one single truck in Auckland
delivering 814 bottles last Thursday.
NETWORK SUMMARY for week ending 28 June
2013
ELECTRICITY
There were three car vs
pole incidents this week: one in Papakura which disrupted
power for some hours; another in Howick and a car vs pillar
incident in New Lynn.
Our crews were called out to
isolate the power at eight residential and commercial
premises for the Fire Service over the course of the week
while the weekend saw our crews isolate power at house fires
in Epsom, Mt Wellington and Dairy Flat.
GAS
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
Contractors in Auckland
struck pipes while working in the suburbs of Hatfields
Beach, Torbay, Kumeu and Avondale.
Contractors also
struck a gas pipe in Hamilton on Friday afternoon.
A
smell of gas was reported by members of the public in Howick
and Red Beach. Both were investigated and repaired
quickly.
PROJECTS
Undergrounding Underway
A series of undergrounding projects (replacing overhead power lines with underground cables) continue across the city with works in Otara, Westmere, Sandspit Road in Cockle Bay and Seaview Road in Remuera all underway.
SHORTS
•
Vector owns over 17,737 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.
• UCI BMX World Championships 2013
are being held at Vector Arena from 24 to 28 July.
•
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. For further
information, visit www.vector.co.nz
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