NEARLY 1,500 homes and businesses in Tamworth have been left without electricity this afternoon due to a High Voltage electrical failure.
The 1,466 properties affected are in the B77 5, Wilnecote area and was first reported at around 12:50GMT today, Friday 29 March.
Western Power Distribution, the company responsible for the electricity infrastructure in the area say that they hope to have the power restored by 14:30.
A full list of the postcodes affected are: B77 5FD, B77 5HB, B77 5LH, B77 5ND, B77 5EH, B77 5HE, B77 5FH, B77 5FE, B77 5EE, B77 5HF, B77 5DD, B77 5EX, B77 5EQ, B77 5NP, B77 5EJ, B77 5HP, B77 5BD, B77 5LJ, B77 5NE, B77 5EG, B77 5DB, B77 5LY, B77 5JF, B77 5EF, B77 5ED, B77 5NL, B77 5EW, B77 5LR, B77 5HR, B77 5LA, B77 5LP, B77 5FG, B77 5RA, B77 5JH, B77 5FF, B77 5FJ, B77 5GG, B77 5EP, B77 5NN, B77 5NJ, B77 5PD, B77 5LL, B77 5ES, B77 5HS, B77 5LU, B77 5EY, B77 5LX, B77 5EA, B77 5LE, B77 5NW, B77 5LW, B77 5HD, B77 5EB, B77 5NA, B77 5EN, B77 5DR, B77 5DY, B77 5NB, B77 5QY, B77 5LZ, B77 5ER, B77 5EL, B77 5DX, B77 5DH, B77 5LB, B77 5LF, B77 5HH, B77 5JE, B77 5DZ, B77 5DE, B77 1LT, B77 5FL, B77 5GF, B77 1LD, B77 5FP, B77 5AQ, B77 5AD, B77 5BB, B77 5EU.
Power cuts do happen from time to time, often due to circumstances beyond the control of Western Power Distribution.
Due to this, WPD recommends that you are prepared by doing the following:
- Keep a torch handy. Avoid using candles and paraffin heaters.
- Keep a wind-up/battery/solar radio ready so you can listen to local radio updates.
- Many modern telephones, especially digital or cordless ones don’t work in a power cut. Keep an ordinary analogue one handy.
- Protect sensitive electrical equipment such as computers with a surge protector plug.
- If you have a mains operated stair lift, check to see if there is a manual release handle that can be used to return the stair lift safely to ground level if it stops working.
