Planned shutdowns

Works have restarted under COVID-19 alert level 3

All our crews  back to work, delivering our works programme from the 28th April 2020 onwards so that we can provide ongoing safe and reliable power, while following all Level 3 safety protocols. 

It’s time to get fully back on the job for our community, our employees, our local businesses and our economy. Some planned shutdowns will be needed to safely complete this work. 

Customers who will be affected by an shutdown outage will be contacted 5 days prior by email, phone or letter. 

Advertised outages:

Outage Date Reference Affected Area Work Description Outage Time Status Update
10 July 14372 Misa Road Vegetation management 8.30am to 3pm Proceeding
14 July 13474 Ponsford Road Asset replacement 9am to 3pm  
14 July 12545 McDonald Road Network extension 9am to 3.30pm Postponed from 7/7
15 July 12974 Patumahoe Asset renewal 9am to 3.30pm  
15 July 9133 Patumahoe Asset renewal 9am to 3.30pm  
15 July 13889 Hunua Vegetation management 8am to 3pm  
16 July 9132 Patumahoe Asset renewal 9am to 3.30pm  
16 July 12978 Patumahoe Asset renewal 9am to 3.30pm  
17 July 13257 Lyon Road Asset renewal 9am to 3pm  
19 July 12868 Drury Asset renewal 9am to 4pm  
22 July 8598 Lee/Kohanga Road Vegetation management 9am to 3.30pm  
22 July 13477 Orua Bay Road Asset replacement 9am to 3pm  
23 July 12564 Paerata Road Asset renewal 10pm to 5am (Night shut)  
24 July 8429 White Road Asset replacement 9am to 3pm  
28 July 13011 Waipipi/Furniss Road Vegetation management 9am to 3.15pm  
30 July 14138 Razorback Road Asset Renewal 9am to 3pm  

Notice of upcoming projects

These are projects that do not currently affect your power supply, but may involve an increase of vehicles, and in some cases will require traffic management in place to keep the community and our people safe.  We thank you for your patience and understanding during these works. 

Project Reference Description of works Approximate start 
10224

Asset renewal, surveying.

Rosehill area

 Early May
10239

Asset renewal, surveying.

Anzac Rd, Hamlet Pl, Routly Ave, Flynn Rd area

 Early May
10583

Asset renewal, surveying.

Kitchener Rd, Collingwood Rd and Brights Rd area

 Mid May

 

If you require any further information please call 0800 100 202. 

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Counties Power undertakes a comprehensive network investment programme to ensure a safe, well-maintained and reliable network.  This year we're investing more than $35m on new network builds and upgrading existing infrastructure. You can find out more about these projects here.

To carry out this work, we must undertake some planned power shutdowns to allow our team to work safely on the electricity network.  Although shutdowns are normally notified at least 10 working days prior, shutdowns occurring during COVID alert levels 1-3 will be notified with 5 working days only by email, phone or letter.   

You can also check planned shutdowns on our new smartphone app.  Download this now by typing app.countiespower.com in your smartphone internet browser.  Outages show on the app two days prior to the scheduled outage date. 

There may be some instances where we are unable to undertake the work on the planned date due to weather or safety reasons.  The alternative date advised on the letter will be used instead.