Vector Network News - 15 July 2013

Vector Network News

Be ready for winter storms and download the Vector Outage Manager, a world leading customer service outage app for android and iPhone smart phone users*.

Designed and developed in New Zealand, the Vector Outage Manager app is available free to Vector’s more than 690,000 customers at either the App Store or GooglePlay.

With the uptake of mobile technology, Vector is providing information to customers in the format they prefer.

In the unlikely event of a network outage, Vector wants to make it as easy as possible for customers to receive information about outages affecting their homes, businesses and other places of interest.

The Vector Outage Manager includes the following features:
1.    Interactive outage map
2.    Bookmark function for important locations and push notifications
3.    A handy flashlight (turns the smartphone into a flashlight)
4.    Important customer phone numbers
5.    Essential safety information for outages

For customers with other non iOS or android smartphones, outage information can be accessed via Vector’s mobile website. The company’s other communication channels for outage notification (Twitter and Vector website) are also now running the new interactive outage map.

NETWORK SUMMARY for week ending 14 July 2013

ELECTRICITY
There were five car vs pole accidents this week, five car v pillar and four overhead line contacts. Our crews were called out to isolate power at six premises due to fire.
GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
There were four incidents of contractors striking pipes in Auckland and Tauranga during the week. Repairs were made quickly.

A smell of gas was reported in three separate incidents in Auckland and the sites were investigated for damage.

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.
·         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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