Power Failures In The Community
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
We often only think about business and public sector organisations when the mains fails. This report by Richmond District Council highlights a number of issues in the community at large caused by a loss of power. Simple things often go wrong in a crisis. This reports highlights the weakness of automated telephone systems which became overloaded and jammed due to the unprecedented number of calls. For more information read the Scrutiny Power Failure Report.
It is always amazing how power failures can disrupt even the most benign of events. Here’s a posting about the major power failure in Bournemouth last Tuesday and its effect on the Landsdowne campus. For more information read the 
Cumberland seems to have had its fair share of power problems this year. The latest, caused by a system fault left over 7,000 properties without power. 5,000 homes were initially hit by a network trip, but engineers then lost power to another 2,000 properties as they tried to fix the problem. A spokesman for United Utilities is quoted as saying: “With any distribution network you do get problems from time to time”. For more information read the 
