The North West’s local power network operator, Electricity North West, is trialling a range of cooling techniques at 100 substations across the region which will help prepare the electricity network for renewable energy and keep costs down for customers.

Throughout July our region has enjoyed even more sunshine. Thankfully the warm weather didn’t cause any issues on the network unlike in June where our engineers attended heat related faults and supported emergency services at fires at Winter Hill and Saddleworth Moor.

The final phase of a major £3m power upgrade project which will benefit 58,000 customers in Stalybridge, Buxton, Glossop and the High Peak areas will soon be getting under way.

The North West’s power network operator is marking Farm Safety Week (16th-20th July) by urging farmers to ‘look out and look up’ and not dice with death by staying safe around overhead power lines.

Engineers from the region’s power network operator will soon be starting a major £500,000 project to upgrade the power network in Wildboarclough, Macclesfield in the Peak District National Park.

Across the North West June brought some glorious sunshine and on the 27th June Carlisle was the hottest place in England with temperatures reaching 30.3C.

Our community energy manager Helen Seagrave takes a look back at this year's Community Energy Conference and the key topics and themes discussed.

As the sixth Community Energy Fortnight launches on 23 June, new research from Electricity North West reveals 70 per cent of British consumers believe they have a role to play in the UK’s energy infrastructure, but 55 per cent stated they did not know how to get involved.

Engineers from Electricity North West are continuing to work in difficult conditions to restore power after Storm Hector continues to hit the North West this morning.

Engineers from Electricity North West have restored power to 6,000 customers since Storm Hector brought severe gales to the North West this morning.

The region’s power network operator Electricity North West is on hand and prepared for the seventh named storm of the year Storm Hector tomorrow.

Today marks the start of the Meteorological Summer and we have already enjoyed some lovely sunshine and warm weather in May especially over the two Bank Holiday weekends in the North West.