Hundreds of Ross-shire homes wake up without power after fault on network, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) confirms; most have now had power restored

HUNDREDS of people woke up without power in parts of Ross-shire this morning after a network fault knocked out electricity.

Two-hundred-and-twenty-nine properties were initially without electricity after a faulty transformer knocked out the power in six IV6 and IV20 postcodes at 6.23am.

Some homes in the Marybank, Muir of Ord, Fairburn, Fern and Muirton Mains areas were affected by the fault on Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' (SSEN) high-voltage network.

Most of those affected had their power restored by 9.30am, although 19 properties were still without electricity at the time of writing.

SSEN said engineers hoped to have their power restored by 2pm but were sending "generators on their way to support these customers" in the interim.

An SSEN spokesman added: “We’d like to sincerely apologise to our customers for any inconvenience caused by the faults in the IV6 area today, and thank them for their patience as our engineers work to safely restore power as quickly as possible.”

For the latest updates, visit SSEN's Powertrack website. Alternatively you can contact them on Facebook or Twitter (@ssencommunity) and quote reference 'GC8976'.

Click here to read more Ross-shire news.

Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click here to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print.