Power cut hits 1,500 homes (From This Is Local London)

Apology from Southern Electric after power cut

2:51pm Monday 13th February 2012 in Where I Live By Lawrence Dunhill

Power cut hits 1,500 homes

A POWER cut affected about 1,500 South Bucks homes last night – with some going without electricity for nearly three hours.

The blackout affected properties in Stoke Poges and Farnham Common.

Hannah Gleave, spokesman for Southern Electric Power Distribution, said: “"We would like to apologise to customers affected by the power cut in Farnham Common on Sunday evening.”

“Our engineers identified a fault on our High Voltage (HV) network which initially affected 1,500 customers at around 6pm.

“Due to the flexibility of our network, the majority of customers were restored by 7pm via another section of our network. The remaining supplies were restored by 8.45pm.”