Electricity News

Virtual home NZ’s first renewable energy management showcase (20/08/10)

A step towards one of New Zealand’s first sustainable urban developments was realised today with the launch of the Hobsonville Point Information Centre, Catalina Café and Community Space.

4.5 billion year old power station powers up breakfast leader’s commercial initiative (23/07/10)

At sunrise today, the largest commercial installation in New Zealand of thin film solar panel technology was activated at Hubbard Foods in Mangere, Auckland.

Vector initial response to draft reasons paper (18/06/2010)

Vector acknowledges the release of the Commerce Commission’s draft reasons paper on the Input Methodologies for electricity lines companies published earlier today.

Vector and Transpower sign security of supply agreement (15/06/10)

A conditional agreement that will improve the security of electricity supply into the greater Auckland region was signed today by Vector and Transpower. 

Vector announces changes to electricity network prices (10/02/10)

Vector today announced increases to its electricity line charges effective from 1 April 2010.

Power restored to Auckland - (25/01/10)

While the Transpower Grid Emergency remains in place, load shedding through Vector’s network has alleviated the immediate pressure on the Auckland network.

Vector instructed to reduce demand on the electricity network (25/01/10)

National grid owner Transpower has declared a grid emergency and directed Vector to reduce pressure on the electricity network by implementing a series of rolling outages.

Vector reminds DIYers to take extra care and switch on to safety (08/12/09)

With the Christmas holiday season being one of the most popular times of the year for Kiwis to start new DIY projects, Vector’s annual summer safety campaign, launched today, encourages people to look out for overhead lines and to think about the location of underground services before they dig.

Twenty six Sandringham streets transformed (12/10/09)

Twenty six Sandringham streets have been completely transformed by the recently completed undergrounding project. 

Efficiencies drive Vector result (25/08/09)

Vector Limited today announced its annual profit result for the twelve months to 30 June 2009, with Group Chief Executive Officer Simon Mackenzie describing the company’s performance as pleasing.

“We are in a strong financial position and remain focused on core business performance, productivity and growth.