When Folkstone Council suffered a major power failure due to a supply cable fault, they had to resort to a generator being brought in for emergency power. The problem was that lightning did strike twice - the generator also developed a fault and the failures occured at one of the busiest times for the council - just when the council tax bills had gone out. The case shows that power problems though sometimes intermittent are beyond the control of the organisations involved.

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