Texas officials warn of potential rolling blackouts

Texas authorities, facing potential strain on the power grid, contemplate using rolling blackouts this winter

MP branded Northern Powergrid’s response to Storm Arwen ‘absolute disgrace’

Bishop Aukland MP Dehenna Davison criticised the company over delays in communicating the emergency of the situation

Quebec storm puts 150,000 in the dark

A severe winter storm left around 150,000 homes in Quebec without power over the weekend, it was reported. Electricity company Hydro-Québec told CBC News the main reason for the outages on Sunday afternoon was because of fallen branches hitting power lines. Around 95% of homes were restored with power overnight, the power company said, with 8,500 still in the dark yesterday morning. Extreme cold […]