Vector : Operational performance for the six months ended 31 December 2015
January 25, 2016 at 08:39 am
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Six months ended 31 December
% change
2015
2014
Electricity
Customers1, 2, 6
547,319
542,329
0.9%
New connections
Net movement in customers3
3,916
2,806
3,780
3,175
3.6%
(11.6%)
Volume distributed (GWh)
4,368
4,337
0.7%
SAIDI (minutes) - 9 months to 31 December4
Normal operations
78.3
126.7
(38.2%)
Extreme events
0.0
340.9
N/A
Total
78.35
467.6
(83.3%)
Gas Transportation
Distribution customers1, 6
164,840
161,752
1.9%
New distribution connections
Net movement in distribution customers3
2,020
1,597
2,112
2,014
(4.4%)
(20.7%)
Distribution volume (PJ)
12.6
12.1
4.1%
Transmission volume (PJ)7
55.7
58.0
(4.0%)
Gas Wholesale
Natural gas sales (PJ)8
9.1
12.5
(27.2%)
Gas liquid sales (tonnes)9
41,120
37,580
9.4%
9kg LPG bottles swapped10
Liquigas LPG tolling (tonnes)11
302,109
86,868
265,662
99,628
13.7%
(12.8%)
Technology
Electricity: smart meters1, 12
1,044,613
886,058
17.9%
As at 31 December.
The electricity customer number as at 31 December 2014 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.
The SAIDI audited value for the regulatory year ended 31 March 2015 was 155.3 minutes.
SAIDI (minutes) for 9 months ended 31 December 2015 is an unaudited value and subject to change.
Billable ICP's.
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 six month period.
Includes product tolled in Taranaki and further tolled in the South Island.
The number of smart meters deployed as at 31 December 2015 includes 32,804 meters managed but not owned by Vector. The number of smart meters disclosed as deployed at 31 December 2014 has been restated to include 1,605 meters managed but not owned by Vector.
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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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