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UK could face electricity power cuts
The UK could face power cuts later this month, as workers employed at Drax power station in Yorkshire take strike action in a dispute over pay.
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Braced for long power cuts
Three-hour-long power cuts are on the cards for Kirklees following a warning issued by the National Grid. This comes as the UK struggles with an increasing demand for energy.
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More than 1,300 properties without power
Hundreds of homes in a Gloucestershire town were without power after a power outage. The energy company said that 1,363 properties in the Nailsworth area were off the grid. This is a high voltage incident meaning these incidents tend to be larger, crews repaired services a couple of hours later.
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Thousands of homes without power after outage
Crawley, Horsham and East Grinstead were all affected by power cuts. A variety of reasons caused the outages, including faults in underground cables and emergency repair work. The northwest section of Horsham was affected by a separate power cut, with numerous homes seemingly without power.
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Power cuts due to equipment failure
A number of power cuts in part of East Belfast were affecting over 3,000 customers. The first of the faults were reported in the Sydenham area, with Northern Ireland Electricity saying the outage is due to an "equipment failure.
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Hundreds of homes without electricity for more than six hours
Hundreds of homes and businesses were left without electricity for more than six hours in Leicester overnight and this morning. The utility firm, which operates and maintains the electricity supply in the East Midlands, said that a total of 1,755 properties were affected by the sudden outage.
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Power failure reported in Cuba
The Cuban Electric Union reported that the provinces from Cienfuegos to Guantanamo were without power. The event is associated with a fault in the 220 kV Matanzas-Santa Clara and Matanzas-Cienfuegos lines. Specialists from the sector began the restoration process and the causes of the failure are being investigated
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Huge power cut hits in Stockport
A widespread power cut hit more than 1,000 properties in Stockport, Electricity North West has revealed. They said the outage was reported in the SK6 postcode area as well as surrounding areas. The cause was an unexpected incident on the high voltage cable.
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Kazakhstan again struggling with power outages
Households and enterprises in seven regions across Kazakhstan were temporarily knocked off the power grid as temperatures dropped to around -14 degrees Celsius over the weekend, in fresh evidence of how the country is struggling to cope with inexorably mounting demand for electricity. State-run power grid operator KEGOC said in a statement that the need to effect an emergency suspension of transmissions on a high-voltage power line led to a 10 percent reduction in capacity.
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Power cuts impacted in Kent
Power cuts left thousands of households across Kent. According to poweroutage, more than 13,000 homes were affected by the electricty issue. All electricity supplies were quickly restored a couple of hours later.
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Power cuts as Drax power station workers announce strikes
Workers at Drax power station in Yorkshire are set to go on strike in dispute over pay, with Unite warning power cuts could be possible. Unite announced that more than 180 members working at Drax in Selby have rejected an 8% pay increase. Nine days of initial action have been announced with the strikes expected to close Drax down - though Drax say they have plans in place to stop power cuts happening and there is 'no threat'.
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Power cut strikes hundreds of Britons as five regions impacted across UK
Around 1,300 workers responsible for repairing, maintaining and administrating the electricity grid for London and the South East and East of England are being balloted for pay strike action that could begin in March.
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Power cut hit dozens in Abergele
Abergele was hit by a power cut affecting scores of homes and businesses. Scottish Power engineers were working to get electricity restored and were aiming to get it back on.
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Power cut hits 40 properties in Hovingham
Northern Powergrid said 40 properties were affected by a power cut in Hovingham. It said the cut was causeed by an unexpected problem with cables or equipment serving the area. Crews were working and restored service a couple hours later.
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Major cities without electricity after grid breakdown
Pakistan suffered a huge power cut following a breakdown in its national grid, leaving millions of people without electricity. Power minister Khurrum Dastagir said the grid failure followed a frequency variation in southern Pakistan. Pakistan often suffers from power cuts, which are blamed on mismanagement and a lack of investment in infrastructure.
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Power cut hits hundreds of homes
Homes and businesses in L1 were without electricity after a power cut. SP Energy Networks said they had no advance warning of the blackout. Crews were working to restored service a couple of hours later.
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Hundreds of homes plunged into darkness across England and Wales
Power cuts on the national grid plunged hundreds of households across England and Wales into darkness. Affecting homes in Worksop, in the East Midlands; Newport, Wales; and Newquay in Cornwall. In these cases, power was restored to the affected areas within a few hours of it being acknowledged.
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Powe cut in Old Town Neighbourhood
Scottish and Southern Energy Network restored service. The cut affects households in the Avenue Road, Ripley Road and Bradford Road area.
An SSEN spokesperson said that they would like to apologize to their customers who experienced a loss of power, and thank them for their patience while engineers work to restore power.
An SSEN spokesperson said that they would like to apologize to their customers who experienced a loss of power, and thank them for their patience while engineers work to restore power.
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Thousands stranded at Philippines int'l airport after power outage
Chaos erupted at the Philippines’ main gateway, after it faced a severe power outage, paralysing the country’s air traffic control and disrupting over 300 flights causing misery for over 65,000 passengers, the Associated Press reported.
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Almost 2000 customers without electricity
More than 1,500 households across the northwest of England were without electricity over the Christmas holidays, according to data of power outage. Across Greater Manchester, 29 households were affected, while 13 homes in Lancashire have also reportedly been plunged into darkness amid the power outages as temperatures drop.
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Power cut hits thousands on Christmas
Northern Powergrid says almost 2,000 homes were affected. They include addresses in Hexham, Corbridge and several small villages and hamlets nearby. Northern Powergrid were working to restore electricity in the area.
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Plan for power cuts in Sussex
People across Sussex have been encouraged to be prepared with a personal power cut plan this winter. A spokeswoman said the view of National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) remained that there would be adequate electricity supplies across the UK this winter. “Purely as a precaution, UK Power Networks is contacting the most vulnerable customers with support and advice, and urging them to make a personal plan so that they know what do in a power cut.”
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Eskom fault leaves Overstrand residents without electricity
Residents from Gansbaai, Stanford and Hermanus were left without any power supply following a power outage. The power failure were the result of the increasing pressure on the municipality's water and sanitation infrastructure. The power supply failure comes hot on the heels of Eskom announcing stage 6 load shedding.
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Thousands without electricity in Shetland
The Scottish Government declared a major incident for Shetland after thousands of homes were left without power amid plummeting temperatures. The company said conditions were among the worst its engineers had seen in 20 years.