A large-scale power cut has wiped out the East Wight this morning (Saturday), affecting 141 postcodes.
Postcode areas PO35 and PO36 have been affected by outages experienced in Bembridge, Yaverland and some surrounding areas.
Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) say that the power cut was first reported at 09:45 and it is anticipated that supplies will be restored by 13:00.
Homes and businesses from neighbouring towns and villages have also been reporting surges in their supplies.
A spokesperson for SSEN has apologised for the loss of power:
“We’re sorry for the loss of supply.
“We currently have a fault affecting the areas listed.
Article continues below this advertisement “Our engineers are on site working hard to get the power back on as quickly as they can.
“If you need more information, please call us on 105 or send us a message on Facebook or Twitter (@ssencommunity) and quote reference ‘KA6775′”
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The following postcodes have been affected by this outage:
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UPDATE @ 11:30 – Power has been restored to the majority of homes, leaving just 6 postcode areas without supply.
Those residents living in the Yaverland area with the following postcodes remain affected.
You can find the latest updates on the powercut on SSEN’s Power Track website – https://powertrack.ssen.co.uk/powertrack#KA6775
Saves on the electric bill for the forth coming winter I suppose. Good to get some practice in with all the help misstrustred is giving 90% us this winter.
Still all the rich top earners won’t mind eh?