Hundreds and thousands of homes in the East Wight has been plunged into darkness as a result of a large scale network fault this evening (Christmas Day).
There has been 2 faults which has lead to hundreds of postcode areas being left without power.
At one point, 148 postcode areas were left without supply including Sandown, Bembridge, Ryde & towns and villages in and around those areas.
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Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks are aware of the fault and are working to rectify the issue which occurred at 19:41.
The estimated time of restoration is 23:00 this evening.
Currently, at time of publishing, SSEN has managed to get a number of homes back on the grid, with 73 postcode areas still being affected.
UPDATE @ 23:00 – Power has now been restored.
73 known affected area(s)
PO36 8AL
PO36 8AN
PO36 8AW
PO36 8BZ
PO36 8DA
PO36 8DB
PO36 8DE
PO36 8DN
PO36 8DR
PO36 8DU
PO36 8EA
PO36 8EB
PO36 8ED
PO36 8EF
PO36 8EJ
PO36 8EP
PO36 8ER
PO36 8ES
PO36 8ET
PO36 8EU
PO36 8EW
PO36 8EX
PO36 8FA
PO36 8FD
PO36 8HA
PO36 8HB
PO36 8HD
PO36 8HE
PO36 8HF
PO36 8HG
PO36 8HH
PO36 8HJ
PO36 8HL
PO36 8HP
PO36 8HQ
PO36 8HR
PO36 8HS
PO36 8HU
PO36 8HW
PO36 8HX
PO36 8HY
PO36 8HZ
PO36 8JA
PO36 8JB
PO36 8JD
PO36 8JE
PO36 8JF
PO36 8JG
PO36 8JH
PO36 8JJ
PO36 8JN
PO36 8JQ
PO36 8JW
PO36 8JZ
PO36 8LE
PO36 9AF
PO36 9AG
PO36 9AH
PO36 9AJ
PO36 9AQ
PO36 9AR
PO36 9BA
PO36 9BB
PO36 9BD
PO36 9BN
PO36 9BQ
PO36 9BW
PO36 9BZ
PO36 9EB
PO36 9FB
PO36 9FD
PO36 9FR
PO36 9NU
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