Electricity Distribution
Vector owns and operates the electricity sub-transmission and distribution networks across the majority of the Auckland Region, from Wellsford in the north to central Papakura in the south, and over the Tamaki Strait to Waiheke Island. The network consists of 17,631 km of lines, fifty-two percent of which is underground, at voltages of 110 kV, 33 kV; 22 kV (all subtransmission), 11 kV and 400 V (distribution). Electricity is taken from Transpower's national grid at twelve grid exit points: Wellsford, Silverdale, Albany, Henderson, Hepburn Road, Mount Roskill, Penrose, Otahuhu, Pakuranga, Mangere, Wiri, and Takanini, with new grid exit points at Wairau Road and Hobson Street being commissioned in 2013 as part of Transpower's North Auckland and Northland grid upgrade project.
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