Operational performance for the 3 months ended 30 September

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE 3
MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2017

3 months ended 30
September


2017 2016 % change
Electricity
Customers
1,4
556,799 551,819 0.9%
New connections
Net movement in customers
2

2,591
1,699
2,502
1,766
3.6%
(3.8%)
Volume distributed (GWh)

2,346 2,332 0.6%
SAIDI (minutes) – 6 months to 30 September
3

Normal operations 119.2 75.1 58.7%
Extreme events 0.0 2.4 n/a
Total 119.2 77.5 53.8%

Gas Distribution
Distribution customers
1, 4
107,542 105,200 2.2%
New distribution connections
Net movement in distribution customers
2

875
872
982
878
(10.9%)
(0.7%)
Distribution volume (PJ)

4.4 4.3 2.3%

Gas Trading
Natural gas sales (PJ)
5
4.8 4.8 0.0%
Gas liquid sales (tonnes)
6
21,481 20,148 6.6%
9kg LPG bottles swapped
7

Liquigas LPG tolling (tonnes)
8

161,904
33,708
151,549
40,462
6.8%
(16.7%)

Technology
Electricity: smart meters
1, 9
1,309,148 1,163,259 12.5%

1. As at 30 September.
2. Net number of customers added during the period, includes disconnected, reconnected and
decommissioned ICPs.
3. SAIDI (minutes) for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017 is an unaudited value and subject to
change.
4. Billable ICPs.
5. Excludes gas sold as gas liquids. These sales are included within the gas liquids sales tonnages.
MARKET RELEASE
20 October 2017

MEDIA RELEASE
20 October 2017

6. Total of retail and wholesale LPG and natural gasoline.
7. Number of 9kg LPG bottles swapped and sold during the year.
8. Includes product tolled in Taranaki and further tolled in the South Island.
9. The number of smart meters deployed as at 30 September 2017 includes 112,586 meters
managed but not owned by Vector (30 September 2016: 65,956).
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