Last night Electricity North West, the region’s network power operator, was named ‘in-house team of the year’ at the annual Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) regional awards in Manchester.

Electricity North West is investing £500,000 to upgrade the power network which supplies electricity to more than 4,000 customers in Ambleside, Cumbria.

This week work got under way on the third and final project to remove overhead powers lines in Coatley Hill near the market town of Alston in the North Pennines.

More than 11,000 homes and businesses in Rawtenstall, Rossendale are set to benefit from a £650,000 engineering project to improve power supplies in the area.

A £600,000 major engineering project to secure the power supplies to more than 2,200 customers between Higher Walton and Hoghton in Lancashire is set to get under way next week.

An £86,000 project to remove overhead power lines near the market town of Alston in the North Pennines got under way this week.

Electricity North West, the company responsible for keeping the lights on across the North West, has been shortlisted for five prestigious industry awards.

An engineer for Electricity North West has been shortlisted for a prestigious industry award for his heroic efforts during the devastating floods in Carlisle, Cumbria in December.

Electricity North West is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Emery to the post of Chief Executive Officer. Peter will be taking over from Steve Johnson who has held this post since 2008.

Work is set to get under way next week to remove overhead power lines near the picturesque market town of Alston in the North Pennines.

A £220,000 investment to boost power supplies to more than 7,000 homes and businesses in Hyde, Greater Manchester is starting next week.

A major £1.7m engineering project to improve the electricity supply to around 15,700 homes and businesses in Middleton and Oldham is due to start today.