With 7.8million customers to their name, WPD are the electricity
distribution network operator for Birmingham as well as the rest of the Midlands, South West England and South Wales.
This week, it is the turn of Western Power Distribution which is the electricity
distribution network operator in Coventry and Warwickshire, looking after the pylons, poles, cables and wires that deliver safe and reliable electricity to homes and businesses throughout the city.
Managing director of QBC Dave Holmes said his preference is for underground cabling, but this decision will ultimately be made by the National Grid and the
distribution network operator (Scottish Power Manweb).
She said: "Unfortunately, unlike many authorities, Cardiff council's street lighting is supplied solely by the local
distribution network operator (DNO).
? Professional Young Sportsperson of the Year, sponsored by Western Power Distribution WESTERN Power Distribution (WPD) is the electricity
distribution network operator for Birmingham as well as the rest of the Midlands, South West England and South Wales.
Electricity
distribution network operator Western Power confirmed that they had fixed the power cuts by 4.45am, but the weather caused further problems into yesterday with travel links from the city rail station disrupted.
Ian Lloyd, network technology project manager at Northern Powergrid, the electricity
distribution network operator for the North East and Yorkshire, said: "If the trials prove cost effective, storage batteries could be one way of shifting and smoothing out peak demand on the network.
We are delighted to be the first
distribution network operator to introduce this initiative for oxygen-dependent customers, and would urge anyone who feels they can benefit from this partnership to contact us."