Operational Performance for the 3 months ended 30 Sept 2018

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE
3 MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2018

3 Months ended 30
September


2018 2017 % change
Electricity
Customers
1, 4
564,991 556,799 1.5%
New connections
Net movement in customers
2

2,635
1,915
2,591
1,699
1.7%
12.7%
Volume distributed (GWh)

2,368 2,346 0.9%
SAIDI (minutes) – 6 months to 30 September
3

Normal operations 101.1 119.2 (15.2%)
Extreme events 357.7 0.0 N/A
Total 458.8 119.2 284.9%

Gas Distribution
Customers
1,4
109,789 107,542 2.1%
New connections
Net movement in customers
2

800
560
875
872
(8.6%)
(35.8%)
Distribution volume (PJ)

4.4 4.4 0.0%

Gas Trading
Natural gas sales (PJ)
5
4.1 4.8 (14.6%)
Gas liquid sales (tonnes)
6
23,638 21,481 10.0%
9kg LPG bottles swapped
7

Liquigas LPG tolling (tonnes)
8

163,279
46,000
161,904
46,735
9

0.8%
(1.6%)

Technology
Electricity: smart meters
1, 10
1,440,345 1,309,148 10.0%

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 2018 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
19 October 2018

MEDIA RELEASE
19 October 2018

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 Liquigas volume reported in the Q1 Operating Stats released 20 October 2017 incorrectly
excluded product tolled in Taranaki and further tolled in the South Island. This error, which was
corrected in the Q2 Operating Stats released 23 January 2018, also impacts the prior period
comparable figure for Liquigas for the 3 months to 30 September 2017. This figure has now been
updated to 46,735 tonnes (the number previously reported was 33,708 tonnes).
10. The number of smart meters as at 30 September 2018 includes 137,229 meters managed but not
owned by Vector (30 September 2017: 112,586).
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