Thousands of people were suddenly left without power after a “loud bang” was heard and the National Grid apologised for the sudden outage.
Hundreds of homes were without electricity after a “high voltage incident” at around 6.40pm in the area of Plymouth. The earlier outage caused some street lights to go out in roads.
The National Grid said in a statement: “We are aware of this power cut outage which was raised at 6:40pm this evening and our engineers are working to get the power returned as quickly as possible. We are sorry for any inconvenience this is causing you.”
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One resident said earlier to PlymouthLive: “After hearing a loud sound the electricity was gone, in Glenmore Avenue (all houses) near St Leven Road. The transformer is gone, all over St Leven Street is no electricity.”
Another added: “Anyone know what’s happened in the Docklands area of Plymouth. Loud bang and many houses without power. Reports of houses windows shaking and such.”
Last month the National Grid unveiled “unprecedented” plans to pour £35bn into its electricity-transmission business over the next five years toMarch 2031. The FTSE 100 energy infrastructure giant announced that this investment includes roughly £11bn for maintaining and upgrading existing networks, with an additional £24bn earmarked for pipeline investment, which encompasses £15bn to bolster network capacity.
This move is set to nearly double the energy transportation capacity across the UK, marking a significant leap in investment levels. Moreover, these plans are part of the group’s broader UK investment strategy, anticipated to generate 55,000 new jobs by the year 2030, according to National Grid’s projections.