2000 homes and businesses in the south of England have been left with no electricity this morning, due to an unplanned power outage. At about 7:10 am, about 147 postcodes in Sandown and Lake area in the Isle of Wight were hit with a power outage. The electricity distributor for the region, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks have said that they are aware of the fault and are aiming to resume normal electricity supplies by 11:00. These power cuts were unplanned and unrelated to the National Grid’s Demand Flexibility Service, which sees households paid to take a variety of energy saving measures at peak times.
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