Power restored in Peterborough after earlier power cut

Power has been restored in an area of Peterborough after a power cut earlier this morning (March 5).

Power outages were reported in the central PE1 area of the city, encompassing Rivergate, Station Road, Bishop’s Road and Northminster.

A map from UK Power Networks showing the affected areas have now been restored with power.placeholder image
A map from UK Power Networks showing the affected areas have now been restored with power.

Engineers arrived on the site at 8:38am and found the issue had been caused by a fault on the electricity network. The cause of this is not immediately known.

The fault was resolved quickly though with the remaining customers fully restored with power by 11:36am.

A spokesperson from UK Power Networks said: “Engineers from UK Power Networks attended a site following a fault on the electricity network.

“They worked safely and quickly to restore supplies with all customers back on by 11.36am. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

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