Operational performance for 6 months ended 31 December 2017

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE 6
MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017

6 months ended 31
December


2017 2016 % change
Electricity
Customers
1, 5
559,777 552,948 1.2%
New connections
Net movement in customers
2

6,090
4,677
4,583
2,890
32.9%
61.8%
Volume distributed (GWh)

4,352 4,340 0.3%
SAIDI (minutes) – 9 months to 31 December
3

Normal operations 168.0 121.0 38.8%
Extreme events 0.0 2.4 n/a
Total 168.0 123.4
4
36.1%

Gas Distribution
Distribution customers
1, 5
108,270 105,918 2.2%
New distribution connections
Net movement in distribution customers
2

1,656
1,600
1,907
1,596
(13.2%)
0.3%
Distribution volume (PJ)

7.7 7.6 1.3%

Gas Trading
Natural gas sales (PJ)
6
9.6 9.3 3.2%
Gas liquid sales (tonnes)
7
40,752 38,557 5.7%
9kg LPG bottles swapped
8

Liquigas LPG tolling (tonnes)
9

351,962
89,147
319,685
77,688
10.1%
14.8%

Technology
Electricity: smart meters
1, 10
1,333,208 1,203,482 10.8%

1. As at 31 December.
2. Net number of customers added during the period, includes disconnected, reconnected and
decommissioned ICPs.
3. SAIDI (minutes) for the 9 months ended 31 December 2017 is an unaudited value and subject to
change.
4. Audited value
5. Billable ICPs.
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6. Excludes gas sold as gas liquids. These sales are included within the gas liquids sales tonnages.
7. Total of retail and wholesale LPG and natural gasoline.
8. Number of 9kg LPG bottles swapped and sold during the year.
9. Includes product tolled in Taranaki and further tolled in the South Island.
10. The number of smart meters deployed as at 31 December 2017 includes 118,961 meters managed
but not owned by Vector (31 December 2016: 78,037).
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