Electricity North West has moved quickly to reassure customers about power supplies as more areas across the region enter local lockdowns.

Land surrounding an electricity substation in Hale has been transformed by the region’s power network operator.

The region’s power network operator has confirmed that recent power cuts in Golborne are not caused by new housing but are due to damaged underground cables.

The region’s stakeholders are being asked to help shape the future of the North West’s power network.

A £30,000 project upgrading part of the Golborne power network is set to start.

Electricity North West, which operates the power network across much of the North West of England, is asking residents, businesses and key organisations in the region for their views as it sets out plans to meet net zero carbon targets.

Following on from a wet June and July, August has also panned out rather wet overall.

Electricity North West engineers are ramping up preparations after the Met Office named its sixth storm of 2020.

Storm Ellen preparations are underway as Electricity North West engineers will be on standby for the fifth named storm of 2020.

A major multimillion-pound project upgrading sections of a town’s power network is well underway.

Work is set to begin on the first of eight key infrastructure projects that will power the North West’s switch to new technologies like electric vehicles that support the move to becoming carbon neutral.

Work is set to begin on the first of eight key infrastructure projects that will power the North West’s switch to new technologies like electric vehicles that support the move to becoming carbon neutral.