𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗘𝗡 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 – 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥

Although many communities across the Hexham Constituency are gradually becoming reconnected, there are still far too many affected by a loss of power.

This has been an unprecedented storm but it is now a very serious situation. Engineers on the ground are working extremely hard to restore power in affected areas, and both I and the government have made it clear that Northern Powergrid must do all they can do restore power to all as soon as possible. I am holding daily meetings with the company to get updates and raise specific and urgent cases. I am also in constant contact with the County Council and emergency services to provide specific assistance.

𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦

Northern Powergrid have confirmed to me that they will pay market rates and reasonable costs for generators, and we are coordinating with local generator suppliers to assist in getting these out to people on the ground.

There are a limited number of generators, and these are being prioritised for the most vulnerable.

𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

Northern Powergrid have issued the following statement:

𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 29 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2021 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 (𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 £15 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑙). 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠; 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘-𝑢𝑝 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟. 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒-𝑏𝑦-𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠. 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑣𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚𝐴𝑟𝑤𝑒𝑛@𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑.𝑐𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝.

If you or someone you know is vulnerable or has an urgent issue, please contact me on 01434 239 205, or on guy.opperman@parliament.uk.