The Latest Breaking News from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks

Dozens of homes remain without power after severe gales

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks said around 1,000 properties were cut off on the Isle of Mull alone, but most have now been reconnected.

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025

Heathrow airport closure: Everything we know about the Hayes substation fire and effects of grounded flights

Shutting airport for 15 hours will have cost millions of pounds after 25,000 litres of cooling oil caught fire at high-voltage substation

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025

London substation fire causes ‘widespread’ power outage

People were evacuated from surrounding properties and a 200-metre cordon has been put in place as a precaution.

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2025

Thousands without power as Storm Babet causes outages

MORE than 27,000 homes in Scotland lost power due to Storm Babet, according to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN).

The National (Scotland) · Oct 20, 2023