POWER CUT: MP rebukes Ofgem for empty threat against EDF Energy Networks

6:50am Monday 15th November 2010

IN the wake of the decision by Ofgem not to punish EDF Energy Networks for the four-day power cut last summer, Bexleyheath and Crayford MP David Evennett has met with the regulator.

POWER CUT: Decision on EDF fine delayed by two months

The scene of the fire on July 20, which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

2:52pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A DECISION on whether to fine a company for a power cut that plunged 94,000 homes into darkness has been delayed by two months.

POWER CUT: EDF penalty decided by the end of the month

7:13pm Monday 23rd August 2010

THE electricity company responsible for one of the biggest power cuts in recent years, has launched a new text messaging service for customers during a power failure.

POWER CUT: Energy company EDF faces £2m penalty

The cable bridge over Dartford Creek which an auditor says should have been better protected

5:14pm Tuesday 8th June 2010

ENERGY watchdog Ofgem says it is proposing to impose a £2m penalty on EDF Energy Networks for last year’s power cut which affected 94,000 homes.

POWER CUT: Councils demand immediate publication of audit report

The scene of the fire on July 20, which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

9:10am Sunday 4th April 2010

COUNCIL leaders in Bexley and Dartford are demanding the immediate publication of a report into last summer’s power cut.

POWER CUT: Report on who was to blame delayed yet again

The scene of the fire on July 20, which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

1:20pm Thursday 11th March 2010

A REPORT on who was to blame for the power cut which plunged thousands of people into darkness for up to four days, has been delayed again.

POWER CUT: Police admit culprits may never be caught

The scene of the fire on July 20, which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

10:38am Monday 21st December 2009

POLICE have admitted they may never be able to catch the culprits behind July’s three day power cut.

POWER CUT: Security under scrutiny by independent auditor

MP David Evennett has written again to Ofgem

8:00am Thursday 10th December 2009

RESULTS of an independent audit into the massive power cut in July which left thousands of homes without power, has been delayed.

POWER CUT: Row over EDF Energy payments reaches Parliament

8:20am Friday 30th October 2009

AN MP has called for ministers to step into the row over the July powercut which left thousands of people without electricity for up to three days.

POWER CUT: Energy watchdog says customers should claim more from EDF

12:47pm Thursday 15th October 2009

AS THE deadline looms for people to claim their payments from EDF Energy for the massive powercut in July, it has been revealed people may be entitled to claim more than the company’s “goodwill” payment.

DARTFORD: MP meets Ofgem to discuss power cut

The scene of the fire which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

10:00am Sunday 20th September 2009

AN MP has met senior officials from energy watchdog Ofgem to discuss July’s three-day power cut in Dartford.

POWER CUT: Ofgem awaits audit of July power failure

The scene of the fire which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

7:20am Wednesday 9th September 2009

ENERGY watchdog Ofgem has asked an independent auditor to investigate the power cut in July which left nearly 100,000 people without electricity.

POWER CUT: Council offers help to claim EDF's goodwill payment

12:13pm Thursday 27th August 2009

PEOPLE entitled to compensation from electricity company EDF Energy can get help to make their claim at two more events in the coming week.

POWER CUT: Demands grow for compensation

Workers at the scene of the catastrophic cable fire

4:18pm Wednesday 26th August 2009

PRESSURE is mounting on the power company at the centre of Bexley’s worst power cut for 30 years, to pay compensation the the biggest losers.

POWER CUT: EDF criticised for not installing state-of-the-art security

Engineers work to restore the power

7:20am Thursday 20th August 2009

A MAN whose home was without power for three days during the recent major power cut claims the power company failed to install proper security.

POWER CUT: Cable repairs could cost millions and take two years

10:26am Wednesday 5th August 2009

PERMANENT repairs to the damaged electricity cables which caused a mass power cut in large parts of Bexley, Dartford and Orpington could take up to two years and cost millions of pounds.

The light stays on for Istead's veterans

4:06pm Monday 3rd August 2009

THE recent power cut may have caused chaos for many in the News Shopper region but one unlikely beneficiary to emerge from the fiasco are the men’s veterans team of Istead & Ifield Harriers Athletics Club.

BEXLEY: The power may be back, but the anger continues

9:56am Friday 31st July 2009

ANGRY electricity customers have been left counting the cost after the worst power cut for 30 years hit homes across Bexley.

SLADE GREEN: No light or water for 87-year-old stranded in power cut

9:17am Friday 31st July 2009

A MUM of two spoke of her anxiety about her great uncle, aged 87, who lives on the eighth floor of a tower block.

POWER CUT: EDF to pay £50 to affected customers

The power problems started on Monday

10:53am Wednesday 29th July 2009

THOUSANDS of people left without electricity during the three-day power cut could receive “a goodwill gesture” of £50.

POWER CUT: EDF to offer 'goodwill' payments to customers

The scene of the fire which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

12:50pm Monday 27th July 2009

ENERGY company EDF say they will be offering “goodwill” payments to customers worst affected by last week’s three-day power cut.

DARTFORD: Businesses count cost of power cut

Staff from the Wimpy and the Orchard Cafe in Dartford High Street, say the power cut has cost them thousands of pounds

8:00am Saturday 25th July 2009

TRAFFIC lights were out, shops unable to open, and residents made to rely on candles as a power cut left thousands without electricity for three days.

POWER CUT: Generator failure leaves residents without power again

10:27am Friday 24th July 2009

RESIDENTS in Dartford faced further power misery this morning after a generator serving the area stopped working.

POWER CUT LATEST: Last customers are reconnected

6:25pm Thursday 23rd July 2009

EDF Energy Networks says it has restored electricity to all Bexley customers following Monday’s power failure.

POWER CUT UPDATE: Power has now been restored

The scene of the fire which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

9:19am Thursday 23rd July 2009

ELECTRICITY has now been restored to thousands of residents affected by the power cut in Bexley, Dartford and Orpington.

POWER CUT UPDATE: Police say vandals or thieves could have caused fire to electricity cables

The scene of the fire which damaged cables and resulted in the power failure.

5:02pm Wednesday 22nd July 2009

POLICE are keeping an open mind on whether the fire that brought a power cut to thousands of residents was caused by vandals or thieves.

POWER CUT: Generators brought in to ease power misery

Engineers work to restore the power

10:06am Wednesday 22nd July 2009

GENERATORS have been brought in from as far afield as Scotland as EDF Energy Networks works to restore electricity supplies to parts of Bexley, Dartford and Orpington.

NORTH KENT: Police investigating power cut

Hapless carjackers foiled by driver in Northfleet

10:33am Wednesday 22nd July 2009

POLICE have launched an investigation into the cause of a fire on a cable bridge that brought power cuts to thousands of residents.

TEMPLE HILL: Lucky escape for family after candle causes house fire

Car and van on fire in driveway

10:21am Wednesday 22nd July 2009

A FAMILY-OF-SIX escaped unscathed from a house fire caused by a candle that was being used during the ongoing power cut.

POWER CUT LATEST: People prepare for a second night in the dark

4:31pm Tuesday 21st July 2009

THOUSANDS of people face a second night in darkness as energy company EDF Energy Networks battles to restore electricity supplies to parts of Bexley, Dartford and Orpington.

POWER CUT LATEST: People face three-hour supply rotas throughout today

Picture of the blackout in Dartford supplied by Matt Bryant

11:24am Tuesday 21st July 2009

MANY thousands of people across Bexley, Dartford and Orpington are still without power this morning following a fire yesterday which damaged four major high voltage electricity cables.

POWER CUT: Will you be holding a post-power cut party?

3:38pm Tuesday 21st July 2009

THOUSANDS of people say they are looking at freezers full of ruined food, even if they get back their electricity supply sometime tomorrow.

POWER CUT: Food safety advice

1:56pm Tuesday 21st July 2009

WITH power supplies still down in Bexleyheath's town centre, Bexley Council was accepting only emergency calls today (July 21).

POWER CUT: Vandals blamed for power cut

Dartford Blackout 012.jpg

9:21am Tuesday 21st July 2009

THOUSANDS of households across the Dartford, Welling, Orpington and Bexleyheath areas could be without electricity for another 36 hours after a fire damaged power cables yesterday.

POWER CUT: Customers face 36-hour wait for power after major cable fire

7:05pm Monday 20th July 2009

ELECTRICITY engineers were still struggling tonight to restore power to many thousands of customers whose supply was cut off following major fire damage to high voltage electricity cables.

UPDATE: Thousands affected by power cut

2:27pm Monday 20th July 2009

ELECTRICITY company EDF Energy says it has managed to restore power supplies to some areas, following a major electricty cut at lunchtime today.






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