Electricity North West research finds Blackpool residents are enjoying big energy efficiency savings.

Ahead of Big Energy Saving Week, Electricity North West reveals that many of the region’s households are ‘switched on’ to energy efficiencies.

A new £20,000 art commission to explore the vital, yet invisible, force of electricity is up for grabs thanks to the Museum of Science and Industry, in partnership with Electricity North West, and Manchester Science Festival 2018.

Power operator calls for safer working on farms as over 11 overhead power lines incidents are reported in the last two years in the North West.

The year finished and started with a bang with severe weather thanks to three named storms, including Storm Caroline, Storm Dylan and this week Storm Eleanor.

With the winter well and truly upon us and the days getting darker and colder, it can be very tempting to turn on all the lights – and leave them on – as well as cranking up the central heating dial a notch or two to make us feel cosy and snug. But do we ever stop to think about how much energy we are using? As a nation, we need to do far more to reduce the amount of energy we use and protect the remaining resources we have.

With electricity now our lifeblood, critical to everyone, we could barely imagine how to run our lives without instant access to constant power. The growing need for increasing power places ever more demand on the electricity network. The number of electric vehicles on Britain’s roads is predicted to reach nine million by 2030, and with continued growth of personal electrical devices, from tablets to smartphones, more of us are going to be using a lot more electricity.

The Lancashire landscape between Cow Ark and Newton in the Forest of Bowland has been enhanced with the removal of decades-old overhead power lines and electricity poles.

Since Storm Desmond hit the region two years ago today (5th December) Electricity North West has invested £270m in strengthening the power network to help power everyone’s daily lives.

After a busy month in October, last month brought minimal disruption to the network despite heavy rain and flash floods in Lancashire on the 23rd November.

This week engineers will complete work on Styal Road as part of a £1.7m project to secure power supplies to more than 22,000 homes and business in Wilmslow, Handforth, Chelford and Alderley.

Future engineers from across the North West have started a bright career with the region’s power network operator Electricity North West.