Operational performance for the year ended 30 June 2018

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE
YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2018

Year ended 30 June

2018 2017 % change
Electricity
Customers
1, 5
563,076 555,100 1.4%
New connections
Net movement in customers
2

11,135
7,976
9,138
5,047
21.9%
58.0%
Volume distributed (GWh)

8,442 8,332 1.3%
SAIDI (minutes) – 3 months to 30 June
3

Normal operations 62.4 57.1 9.3%
Extreme events 357.6 0.0 N/A
Total 420.0
4
57.1 635.6%

Gas Distribution
Customers
1,5
109,229 106,670 2.4%
New connections
6

Net movement in customers
2

3,165
2,559
3,515
2,348
(10.0%)
9.0%
Distribution volume (PJ)

14.5 14.3 1.4%

Gas Trading
Natural gas sales (PJ)
7
18.3 17.8 2.8%
Gas liquid sales (tonnes)
8
77,656 73,119 6.2%
9kg LPG bottles swapped
9

Liquigas LPG tolling (tonnes)
10

652,859
183,540
604,391
169,046
8.0%
8.6%

Technology
Electricity: smart meters
1, 11
1,405,936 1,280,889 9.8%

1. As at 30 June.
2. Net number of customers added during the period, includes disconnected, reconnected and
decommissioned ICPs.
3. The SAIDI audited value for normal operations for the regulatory year ended 31 March 2018 was
226.5 minutes.
4. SAIDI (minutes) for the 3 months ended 30 June 2018 is an unaudited value and subject to
change.
5. Billable ICPs.
MARKET RELEASE
20 July 2018

MEDIA RELEASE
20 July 2018

6. The number of new connections in gas distribution for the year ended 30 June 2018 includes an
adjustment for 341 ICPs following a data cleanse by one of the retailers. The change first applied
in the 3 months ended 30 September 2017 and so has no impact on the comparative period.
7. Excludes gas sold as gas liquids. These sales are included within the gas liquids sales tonnages.
8. Total of retail and wholesale LPG and natural gasoline.
9. Number of 9kg LPG bottles swapped and sold during the year.
10. Includes product tolled in Taranaki and further tolled in the South Island.
11. The number of smart meters deployed as at 30 June 2018 includes 135,284 meters managed but
not owned by Vector (30 June 2017: 102,808).
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