Electricity North West is calling on the Government to consider the vital role that Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) could play in delivering greater energy efficiency in order to help tackle fuel poverty and ensure carbon targets are met and customers across the North West and the UK benefit from a more flexible and smarter energy network in the future.

More than 1,600 residents and businesses in St Annes on the Fylde Coast are set to benefit from a £50,000 investment in the local power network.

Eight apprentices are celebrating their graduation and the start of a bright career helping to power the lives of five million people across the North West.

As we reported last month, the year started with Storm Eleanor on the 2nd January and since then we have experienced two more storms with Storm Fionn and Storm Georgina.

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.