cuts in iii{coii{shire
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IS THIS THE ENT} OT POWER CUTS IN III{COII{SHIRE ELECTfiICITY
bills
? around !5 a year by 2010. Donna Yomg, manager oiThe Homestead pub, in Canwick Avenue, Bmcebridge l{eath, said
are
set to rise as part of a s5&] million bid to stop power cuts hitting Lin-
any impmvemert to the net-
work that didn't come out of tax
colnshire. Miles of elsaicity ubies could go mdergromd x power
payers' pockets was a good thins. "We had a run of pawer cuts earlier this yea, with around four or five in three months."
suppiier Cenfal Networks attemtts to improre its senie. The cqmpey, which is mde
said Miss Young-
up !f East Midlmds Eltrtricity and Midlmds Electricify, made a coBbined prof,lt of ,224.7 mltlion in the 2003 iax rcil
"It does afftrt business preiiy badly because if the power
doesn t come back on we have to
get people out for health and
But it ples to Eise sme of the cash by bmping qp eieryone's biUs by !5 a ye& The rest will cone ftom the proflts. tirm's .The p1e is dependent on reg:rlatcr Ofgem giving it the
safety reasons - we can't have peopie in the pub in dakness. "It's all about moving iorward atrd I think BdergrouEd cables
are safer than cables-
if
'And
go-ahead, bui if it isapprcved, it coui end the regldar power cuts wirich affects tioEeds of
overground
they can flnd thrs
money without making us pay
each
for it, it's got to be a good thing." Smthern resident Susan
The Ech0 hs reported nine po.i€r c[ts in the cou!8, duing the last slx moBths - €ch time ?jfe.tiag betEreen a few hun-
Leadbetter {45) said she has eaperienced 19 power cuts 1n the iast year "It's abot-rt time they did somethingto improve this." she
hoines.
said.
u,anis to provide a better service for its 4-5 million East Mid-
you keep having power cuts,
ireople in ..Lincolnshte yeaf,
&ed and several thoEed
"It's really irritating
Cenha] Networks sys it
lilds customers. Company spokesrnan Jonathan Smith said it wants to move some of its 48,613lcn of over head cables mdergroEd
all
grrcund cables," he mid.
'And whetr lightening strikes or lvhen there are high winds, undergromd cables ai6 less to be aflected.
"If we moved some of these cables undergromd, it corrd solve sme of the problems." l1tf Smith said it wQuldE't be pcssible ro R1o{e ihe entire c&tirty's neh{c.ii undergroud bec."use
cvel
oEe project
cal
fect from April 1 2005.
Ofgem chief
by Natasha Kleanthous
riln jqto ftiuions ofpounds.
"sui tlE rnore money we get, providing substations ir areas lll. r1u.e undergromd cables ofnew housing. And he said that the company n e .xIr1L1 have. " he sid. ''Oirr uajor concern is the wanted to hirc around 600 more arnount 0fmoney Olgem will let us }iale." toIr Snith said Urat money
rvould also be porcd ilto
th'e ciocks.
"I think underground abl,)s could solve some of the pfoblens we have. It's about tinie they spent some money to get these problems ironed out." Ofgem is currently colsidering proposed blii increases and investments for 14 Basl Midlands power coupanies. The leve1s of spending it sets for each company !vil1 take ef'
"In Lincolnshfe, tliere ae clearly an aw.ful lot of over-
litely
ivhen
even the short ones, because you have to go aroud resetting
engineers across the whole re' grqn.
"We wmt people to
power and
will
have
give them the
gold-plated service they de' seile." said Mr Smith. "When you press the switch on the wa1l, You should have power.
"It's ti'ustrating for
people
ivhen this doesn't happen and we recogdse that. "Traditionally the Easi NIidlands has suffered quiie badly fromOfgem's price |eviews and
we feel we have made t}le busi' ness as efficient as it can pos-
sibly be.
"We need the
investmeni levels to bring the wircs and substations into to the2lstCen-
executive
Aiistair Buchanan saidr "Our primary concern is that this price conhol will respond to
netlvork mre reliableCentml Networks canody invest ai thislevel ifOfgemsays it 2010, to make the
the nred to invest
in Britain
continue to deliver the best pos sible value for money and qual ity of service to custgmers," 4r Does Lincohshire's powof
can.
'lhe finai levels are expected to be set by the watchdog in network need investmetrt? Ofgem ls considering the Novembex plans, r'hich would involve If the network's plans are ap' U/rite to Your View at the Lit' spending atr extra t100 niuion proved, it could result in an colnshire Echo, Brayford
tuy"
every year lleteeen 2005 and increase for bill pal€rc of WharfEast, Lioco].a. LN5
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Win tickets to see the Moscow
State CircusJ
L{NCOLNSHIF.E
DAILl
A
Lknfu ESTABLISHED
T[eslay, Scpledtq 28, 2&M
Every homeowner 'to pay extra
f5
1
kfu*
893
ww.thisislincolnslrireco.uk
FIESf Eotil0:r
32p
a year' to put a stop to electricity st"tpply nightnnare
IS THIS THE ENT} OT POWER CUTS IN III{COII{SHIRE ELECTfiICITY
bills
? around !5 a year by 2010. Donna Yomg, manager oiThe Homestead pub, in Canwick Avenue, Bmcebridge l{eath, said
are
set to rise as part of a s5&] million bid to stop power cuts hitting Lin-
any impmvemert to the net-
work that didn't come out of tax
colnshire. Miles of elsaicity ubies could go mdergromd x power
payers' pockets was a good thins. "We had a run of pawer cuts earlier this yea, with around four or five in three months."
suppiier Cenfal Networks attemtts to improre its senie. The cqmpey, which is mde
said Miss Young-
up !f East Midlmds Eltrtricity and Midlmds Electricify, made a coBbined prof,lt of ,224.7 mltlion in the 2003 iax rcil
"It does afftrt business preiiy badly because if the power
doesn t come back on we have to
get people out for health and
But it ples to Eise sme of the cash by bmping qp eieryone's biUs by !5 a ye& The rest will cone ftom the proflts. tirm's .The p1e is dependent on reg:rlatcr Ofgem giving it the
safety reasons - we can't have peopie in the pub in dakness. "It's all about moving iorward atrd I think BdergrouEd cables
are safer than cables-
if
'And
go-ahead, bui if it isapprcved, it coui end the regldar power cuts wirich affects tioEeds of
overground
they can flnd thrs
money without making us pay
each
for it, it's got to be a good thing." Smthern resident Susan
The Ech0 hs reported nine po.i€r c[ts in the cou!8, duing the last slx moBths - €ch time ?jfe.tiag betEreen a few hun-
Leadbetter {45) said she has eaperienced 19 power cuts 1n the iast year "It's abot-rt time they did somethingto improve this." she
hoines.
said.
u,anis to provide a better service for its 4-5 million East Mid-
you keep having power cuts,
ireople in ..Lincolnshte yeaf,
&ed and several thoEed
"It's really irritating
Cenha] Networks sys it
lilds customers. Company spokesrnan Jonathan Smith said it wants to move some of its 48,613lcn of over head cables mdergroEd
all
grrcund cables," he mid.
'And whetr lightening strikes or lvhen there are high winds, undergromd cables ai6 less to be aflected.
"If we moved some of these cables undergromd, it corrd solve sme of the problems." l1tf Smith said it wQuldE't be pcssible ro R1o{e ihe entire c&tirty's neh{c.ii undergroud bec."use
cvel
oEe project
cal
fect from April 1 2005.
Ofgem chief
by Natasha Kleanthous
riln jqto ftiuions ofpounds.
"sui tlE rnore money we get, providing substations ir areas lll. r1u.e undergromd cables ofnew housing. And he said that the company n e .xIr1L1 have. " he sid. ''Oirr uajor concern is the wanted to hirc around 600 more arnount 0fmoney Olgem will let us }iale." toIr Snith said Urat money
rvould also be porcd ilto
th'e ciocks.
"I think underground abl,)s could solve some of the pfoblens we have. It's about tinie they spent some money to get these problems ironed out." Ofgem is currently colsidering proposed blii increases and investments for 14 Basl Midlands power coupanies. The leve1s of spending it sets for each company !vil1 take ef'
"In Lincolnshfe, tliere ae clearly an aw.ful lot of over-
litely
ivhen
even the short ones, because you have to go aroud resetting
engineers across the whole re' grqn.
"We wmt people to
power and
will
have
give them the
gold-plated service they de' seile." said Mr Smith. "When you press the switch on the wa1l, You should have power.
"It's ti'ustrating for
people
ivhen this doesn't happen and we recogdse that. "Traditionally the Easi NIidlands has suffered quiie badly fromOfgem's price |eviews and
we feel we have made t}le busi' ness as efficient as it can pos-
sibly be.
"We need the
investmeni levels to bring the wircs and substations into to the2lstCen-
executive
Aiistair Buchanan saidr "Our primary concern is that this price conhol will respond to
netlvork mre reliableCentml Networks canody invest ai thislevel ifOfgemsays it 2010, to make the
the nred to invest
in Britain
continue to deliver the best pos sible value for money and qual ity of service to custgmers," 4r Does Lincohshire's powof
can.
'lhe finai levels are expected to be set by the watchdog in network need investmetrt? Ofgem ls considering the Novembex plans, r'hich would involve If the network's plans are ap' U/rite to Your View at the Lit' spending atr extra t100 niuion proved, it could result in an colnshire Echo, Brayford
tuy"
every year lleteeen 2005 and increase for bill pal€rc of WharfEast, Lioco].a. LN5
?AT.
1
; 1:
;,-,,r,ii"'l.t'.,, i'.::-rr:-r:-'t i. jitu},i"r' i;r i. .; i ...: : 1 l .
j.-;:L
i-1:rri
!il
, l.'i!l:lf irii;
Lit,:..ir,.'.r,ir:i
ir.,
:,
fl
il.-l:,.i:i'r; r
a
,r, i ti ".r,-rit:,
*-f .)rl,t3u
i*t*::l vitl
s
electricity netrvorks so thcy
a:il
i
ll:iiil:';,''t.:*: il rr,.. iliii.i.r:r11,,
' .'", , ..i:;]. ,,. .. .,:"":' 1,':l
