Vector : Operational performance for the nine months ended 31 March 2016
April 20, 2016 at 05:09 pm EDT
Share
Nine months ended 31 March
% change
2016
2015
Electricity
Customers1, 2, 6
548,279
542,826
1.0%
New connections
Net movement in customers3
5,855
3,766
5,626
3,672
4.1%
2.6%
Volume distributed (GWh)
6,273
6,266
0.1%
SAIDI (minutes) - 12 months to 31 March4
Normal operations
117.6
155.3
(24.3%)
Extreme events
7.9
341.0
(97.7%)
Total
125.55
496.2
(74.7%)
Gas Transportation 7
Distribution customers1, 6
165,838
162,252
2.2%
New distribution connections
Net movement in distribution customers3
2,993
2,373
2,905
2,514
3.0%
(5.6%)
Distribution volume (PJ)
17.4
16.8
3.6%
Transmission volume (PJ)8
77.0
84.3
(8.7%)
Gas Trading
Natural gas sales (PJ)9
12.6
16.0
(21.3%)
Gas liquid sales (tonnes)10
56,835
52,095
9.1%
9kg LPG bottles swapped11
Liquigas LPG tolling (tonnes)12
427,723
130,912
380,210
141,278
12.5%
(7.3%)
Technology
Electricity: smart meters1, 13
1,086,508
913,566
18.9%
As at 31 March.
Theelectricity customer number as at 31 March 2015 has been restated to remove 4,799 ICPs following a data cleanse by retailers. There was no consumption for any of these ICPs in the current period.
Net number of customers added during the period, includes disconnected, reconnected and decommissioned ICPs.
Regulatory year - 12 months to 31 March.
SAIDI (minutes) for the 12 months ended 31 March 2016 is an unaudited value and subject to change.
Billable ICP's.
The group's gas transmission and non-Auckland gas distribution business (Vector Gas) were sold to First Gas on April 20, 2016. This will be the last operating statistics release that includes statistics from the Vector Gas business. The operating statistics for the period to 30 June 2016 will not include gas transmission volumes whilst gas distribution volumes will only relate to the Auckland network.
Based on billable volumes.
Excludes gas sold as gas liquids as these sales are included within the gas liquids sales tonnages.
Total of retail and wholesale LPG and natural gasoline.
Number of 9kg LPG bottles swapped and sold during the nine month period.
Includes product tolled in Taranaki and further tolled in the South Island.
The number of smart meters deployed as at 31 March 2016 includes 45,080 meters managed but not owned by Vector. The number of smart meters disclosed as deployed at 31 March 2015 has been restated to include 1,605 meters managed but not owned by Vector.
VCT Market Release Q3 21 April 2016
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Original Document: https://vector.co.nz/newsdisplay/Operational-performance-for-the-nine-months-ended-31-March-2016
Vector Limited is a New Zealand-based energy company. The Company operates a portfolio of businesses delivering energy and communication services to residential and commercial customers across New Zealand and the Pacific. The primary operations of the Company are electricity and gas distribution, natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales, metering, telecommunications and new energy solutions. The Company's segments include Regulated Networks and Gas Trading. The Regulated Networks segment includes Auckland electricity and gas distribution services. The Gas Trading segment includes natural gas and LPG sales, storage, and transportation. Through Vector Fibre, the Company builds, monitors and maintains its own fiber network for businesses who demand data networks. The Company specializes in delivering wholesale data networks that enables its partners to create solutions for their clients.
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