[Stronsaylimpet] OIC updates on Stronsay power

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OLECG – Efforts underway to restore Stronsay power
Date: 22 February 2023
The multi-agency Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) met 
this morning to discuss the ongoing power outage in Stronsay
Following issues with power infrastructure on Stronsay, including 
failure of back-up generation, supplies have been intermittent since 
yesterday with around 50% of the island currently without power.
Efforts are underway by SSEN to get people and parts to Orkney to work 
on the issues as soon as possible. SSEN advises that customers will 
experience further interruptions to supplies as repairs are carried out, 
but aims to restore power to all customers affected by 6pm this evening.
Meanwhile the Stronsay Fish Mart is open until 3.00pm, providing 
refreshments to those who are currently without power.
OLECG brings together the emergency services, public sector agencies 
including Orkney Islands Council and NHS Orkney, transport providers and 
utility companies
Local Police Scotland Chief Inspector Scott Robertson is Chair of OLECG. 
He said: "Disruptions to power supplies in remote and rural areas can 
prove very difficult for householders, particularly when they go on for 
long periods of time. As we would have expected there's a fantastic 
community effort underway in Stronsay to help out those who are 
currently without power - and my particular thanks go to Tara and team 
at the Fishmart for keeping people fed and watered. We’d encourage 
everyone to continue to check in on anyone who they think might need 
extra help. Efforts are ongoing to get the power supply back up and 
running to all island households and we will provide further updates in 
due course."
Pamela Harvey, Customer Relationship Manager at SSEN Distribution said:
“Situations like this are rare and we’d like to thank our customers for 
their patience and reassure them we’re doing everything we can to safely 
restore supplies as quickly as possible. We have teams of engineers on 
the island working to carry out repairs and connect additional mobile 
generation to reconnect customers to the network. We’re proactively 
calling customers on our Priority Services Register to check on their 
welfare, and I’d encourage anyone who has any concerns for themselves or 
others to contact our dedicated teams on the power cut helpline, 105.”
https://www.orkney.gov.uk/News?postid=7220
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