The Latest Breaking News from Electricity North West

Hundreds of houses without electricity after power cut in Wigan

More than 300 properties in Wigan are affected

Manchester Evening News · Feb 25, 2023

More than 1,700 properties hit by power cut in Stockport - full list of postcodes affected

Engineers are on the way to the scene

Manchester Evening News · Feb 23, 2023

Safety technology across UK motorways fails for almost two hours putting 'lives at risk'

Highways workers temporarily 'lost the ability' to control signals and signs during the outage

Wales Online · Feb 17, 2023

Emergency three-hour blackouts are a real possibility in Greater Manchester this winter - this is how they would impact millions of people

Russia’s war in Ukraine has led to the supply of gas and electricity becoming more uncertain - sparking concerns for the colder months ahead.

Manchester Evening News · Dec 1, 2022

Thousands of homes and businesses in Greater Manchester hit by power cut

More than 2,400 properties are affected

Manchester Evening News · Nov 20, 2022

Vandals take chainsaws to electricity poles carrying 33,000-vault power lines

'We have yellow 'danger of death' signs around of all of our assets for a reason'

Manchester Evening News · Oct 27, 2022

Hundreds of homes without electricity following power cut

The issue isn't expected to be resolved until after 5pm this evening

Manchester Evening News · Oct 8, 2022

High voltage cable fault causes power cut for 1200 homes

A number of homes have been left without power after an "unexpected incident"

Manchester Evening News · Sep 11, 2022

New Electricity North West CEO pledges to reduce energy bills

Ian Smyth replaces Peter Emery who retired last month after six years

Birmingham Post · Sep 6, 2022

Almost 200 homes left without power in Salford

Around 193 properties in the Kersal and Broughton areas are understood to be affected

Manchester Evening News · Sep 5, 2022