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OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE 3 MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2017

25 October 2017

 

3 months ended
30 September

 

 

2017

2016

% change

Electricity

 

 

 

Customers1, 4

556,799

551,819

0.9%

New connections
Net movement in customers2

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 September3

 

 

 

  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 customers1, 4

107,542

105,200

2.2%

New distribution connections
Net movement in distribution customers2

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 swapped7
Liquigas LPG tolling (tonnes)8

161,904
33,708

151,549
40,462

6.8%
(16.7%)

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

 

 

Electricity: smart meters1, 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.
  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).