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SSEN Distribution has announced an additional £3.5 million in funding for network and community resilience as it welcomes publications by Ofgem and the Energy Emergencies Executive Committee (E3C) into the response to Storm Arwen.

CEO Guy Jefferson said some customers were given "inaccurate" deadlines for when their electricity and gas would be switched on again.

CEO Guy Jefferson said some customers were given "inaccurate" deadlines for when their electricity and gas would be switched on again.

The Duke of Rothesay Prince Charles met people involved in the recovery from Storm Arwen on a visit to Haddo House in Aberdeenshrie.

The final 560 homes still without power in northern Scotland after Storm Arwen caused “catastrophic” damage should be reconnect by Sunday, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said today.

According to AccuWeather experts, a powerful storm delivered damaging gusts, rainfall, and hail to parts of the United Kingdom, from Friday to Saturday. Storm Arwen's alarming wind gusts caused huge brown outs over parts of the United Kingdom, putting over a quarter million consumers lacking electricity at points.

SSEN Distribution is to replace the failed 33kv distribution link to the Isle of Harris on a like for like basis rather than upgrading to a larger link pushed for by some islanders. The network company said it expected the replacement cable between Skye and the Western Isles off Scotland to deliver 8-10MW more capacity than the current 23.4MW link which failed in October. Delivery of alternative solutions including replacing the cable with a new 132kv link has been ruled by SSE as delivery woul...