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  • To do: Check the trip switches in your fuse box: if one is off, unplug your appliances and flick it back up.
  • To do: It trips again? Switch the trip switches back on one at a time to find the faulty circuit.
  • To do: Do your neighbours have power? If so, the fault is in your home's wiring: call an electrician.
  • To do: Whole street without power? Check Northern Powergrid's power cut map or call 105.
SourceWhat to do in a power cut

Northern Powergrid network

northernpowergrid.comUpdated 28/09/2026

Northern Powergrid runs the local electricity network in the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire under two licences. It carries power but does not sell it: customers pay their supplier. It belongs to Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

Electricity network

Activities
Distribution
Customers
3.96 M· end users, Dec 2025
Smart meters
75%· GB homes, fitted by suppliers
Minutes lost
47 to 51 min· per customer by area, 2024/25
Interruptions
51 to 55· per 100 customers by area, 2024/25
Network length
99,300 km· 72% underground, Dec 2025
Coverage
2 regions
  • North East
  • Yorkshire
  • Northern Lincolnshire

Two licence areas, Northeast and Yorkshire. Reliability figures come from Ofgem and are provisional.

SourceBerkshire Hathaway Energy · Form 10-K 2025Ofgem · RIIO-2 electricity distribution annual report 2024-25, data fileDESNZ · smart meters in Great Britain, June 2026

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