Northern Powergrid
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| Headquarters | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Parent organizations | Berkshire Hathaway Energy |
| Number of employees | 2,700 |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Subsidiaries | Integrated Utility Services UK |
| Northern Powergrid UK Holdings | |
| Areas served | North East |
| Yorkshire | |
| North Lincolnshire | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3093774 |
About Northern Powergrid
Northern Powergrid Holdings Company is an electrical distribution company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne in England. It is the owner of Northern Powergrid Limited and Northern Powergrid plc which are the Distribution Network Operators for the North East England and Yorkshire regions and the North Lincolnshire area.
Storm Arwen: Up your game, Ofgem tells energy firms
... It said three network operators - Northern Powergrid, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks and Electricity North West - have paid nearly £30m in compensation to affected customers after Storm Arwen and have agreed to pay another £10...
UK weather: Millions told to stay at home as Storm Eunice hits
... Northern Powergrid said it had restored power to all of its more than 20,000 customers affected by the storm by Thursday evening...
Storm Dudley: Falling power line kills 13 dogs in North Yorkshire
... Northern Powergrid said the power line had been brought down by a falling tree...
Storm Dudley brings travel disruption as Storm Eunice looms
... In parts of north-east England, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Lancashire, Northern Powergrid said about 14,000 customers had been affected by power cuts caused by strong winds...
Travel disruption continues in wake of Storm Dudley
... Northern Powergrid had to put people in a queue for its website due to demand...
Storm Dudley: Thousands of people lose electricity due to damage
... Northern Powergrid had to put people in a queue for its website due to demand...
Northern Powergrid sorry for Storm Arwen trillion pound compensation error
... Northern Powergrid is paying tens of thousands of pounds to customers hit by days of outages in November...
Thousands of homes without power as Storm Corrie looms
... In England, Northern Powergrid warned " a relatively small proportion of our customers" living in Northumberland and County Durham would remain without power beyond Sunday night...
Storm Dudley brings travel disruption as Storm Eunice looms
Travel disruption and power cuts are continuing across parts of the UK, as the country braces itself for a second storm.
Storm Dudley.
In Scotland , all trains were cancelled on Wednesday evening and.
More severe weather is expected on Friday, with an amber warning for wind in place for Wales and much of England.
The Met Office is warning of significant disruption and danger to life from Storm Eunice, with gusts of up to 80mph.
Around the coasts of West Wales and south-west England, gusts of up to 100mph are possible, the Met Office said.
The amber warning is in place from 03:00 until 21:00 GMT on Friday and goes as Far North as Manchester .
with tickets for journeys between York and Leeds and London's Kings Cross on Friday to move them to Thursday due to expected disruption.
In Scotland .
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for the Cumbrian coastline and Keswick Campsite, while 42 flood alerts have been issued across northern England.
In Scotland , with five other flood alerts in place.
The Met Office said the severe weather would probably ease on Thursday before getting worse on Friday.
But Network Rail warned train services in northern and central England could still be disrupted on Thursday, It advised people to check their journey before travelling.
In parts of north-east England, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Lancashire, Northern Powergrid said about 14,000 customers had been affected by power cuts caused by strong winds. On Wednesday evening it said it had reconnected More Than 10,000 customers.
At one point nearly 1,700 homes in Wigan were without power.
On Wednesday, Storm Dudley brought gusts of up to 81mph in Capel Curig in Snowdonia, with Emley Moore in Yorkshire seeing 74mph winds, while Aonach Mor , near Fort William , recorded a gust of 101mph.
There is the potential for even stronger winds on Friday with Storm Eunice.
The Met Office said extremely strong winds would develop over south-west England in The Morning , before spreading north and east during The Day .
It said damage to buildings and homes was likely, along with disruption to trains, buses, ferries and flights. There is also a good chance of power cuts, the Met Office said.
Meanwhile, the Environment Agency warned there is a risk of flooding in southern England on Friday.
It said strong winds could bring coastal flooding to parts of west and south-west England and the southern coast of England, as well as the tidal River Severn , through the Early Hours of Friday and into early Afternoon .
Source of news: bbc.com
