24/05/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 24/05/2021 06:02
Ofgem delivers £300 million down payment to rewire Britain
£300 million investment for over 200 low carbon projects to get Britain ready for more electric transport and heat.
New infrastructure to support 1,800 new ultra-rapid charging points at motorway service areas.
Part of a broader investment programme for safe, secure and clean energy, with £40 billion confirmed already and more to follow in 2022.
Ofgem is today powering the electric vehicle revolution, with motorway service areas and key trunk road locations across the country set to get the cabling they need to install 1,800 new ultra-rapid charge points, tripling the current network.
Hundreds of customers left without power in Bedfordshire village after fault with underground cable
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Electric car drivers offered incentive to charge off-peak
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A LIVE power cable collapsed, blocking a path during wet weather. Sussex Police were called to the incident off Cuckfield Road in Hassocks yesterday evening at about 7pm after members of the public raised the alarm. Inspector Darren Taylor said: People were calling us to say a big power cable had fallen down, and of course it was live. The weather obviously did not help. It s quite shocking. Officers guarded the area until our colleagues at Power Networks arrived within the hour and were able to deal with it. A live wire! Reports yesterday @ 7pm of a live power cable which had fallen down and was blocking a path in Hassocks. Team attended and made sure no one went near whilst waiting for our colleagues from Power Networks to arrive and deal with the cable pic.twitter.com/XoGCmxHED8 Inspector Darren Taylor (@InspectorDarren) May 16, 2021