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26 Oct 2018
2,000 Macclesfield customers benefit from completed power upgrade
Engineers from the region’s power network operator completed a major £500,000 project recently to upgrade the power network in Wildboarclough, Macclesfield in the Peak District National Park.

23 Oct 2018
How much do you value electricity?
New research by the region’s power network operator, Electricity North West, reveals that power cuts affect different people in very different ways, with under 30s the least impacted group and those in fuel poverty the most.

12 Oct 2018
Weather alert: Electricity North West prepared for Storm Callum (11am update)
The region’s power network operator Electricity North West is on hand and prepared for the third named storm of the season Storm Callum today.

11 Oct 2018
Customers in Ashton back on the power grid ahead of schedule (1pm update)
Engineers from Electricity North West have now switched all customers in Ashton-under-Lyne who had been receiving power via generators back on the grid.

11 Oct 2018
Cable repairs add resilience to Ashton power network as power supplies return to normal (9am update)

10 Oct 2018
Customers in Ashton urged to conserve energy as engineers work to repair damaged power cables (8.30am)

10 Oct 2018
Ashton residents and businesses urged to continue saving power (4.30pm update)

10 Oct 2018
22,000 properties restored following cable damage in Ashton (12.30am update)

09 Oct 2018
Engineers working to restore power in Ashton (5pm update)

09 Oct 2018
Engineers restore power to 18,000 in Ashton-under-Lyne (6.30pm update)

09 Oct 2018
20,500 properties restored in Ashton (8.15pm update)

03 Oct 2018
Engineers complete major £3m power upgrade in Stalybridge
On Monday (1 October) engineers completed the £3m power upgrade project which benefits 58,000 customers in Stalybridge, Buxton, Glossop and the High Peak areas.