‘Completely unacceptable’ that thousands of homes face 11th night without power
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It is “completely unacceptable” that around 1,600 households are still without power following Storm Arwen, the energy minister has said. “But this is not good enough, it is completely unacceptable that around 1,600 were still in this position as of this morning, but the situation is improving each hour.” He added: “I have been assured by the network operators that all efforts are focused on having power restored to those households in the next day.” Labour’s Kevan Jones, who brought the urgent question, said: “There is something seriously wrong with Northern Power Grid, not with the engineers and individuals who are out restoring power but with the management and senior management of that company.” Quoting a Conservative councillor from northern England, shadow climate change minister Ed Miliband said: “‘If this happened in London or in the South East everything would have got thrown at it’. This comes after residents in the North East of England have spoken of losing hope and feeling “fed up and angry” as they face an 11th night without power. During a visit to a Northern Powergrid call centre in Penshaw, near Sunderland, Mr Kwarteng told the PA news agency he believed the power grid system can be made “a lot more resilient”.
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