How do planned emergency power cuts work?
Each electricity meter is assigned a ‘block letter’. In the event of a planned emergency power cut, where there is time to implement an emergency rota, different block letters will be timetabled to be without power for around three hours once or twice a day. Visit our Block Map to find out what block your postcode is.
NIE Networks has a plan for Planned Emergency Power Cuts, including a schedule or a “rota” for the sequence in which planned emergency power cuts happen.
The plans are drawn up by specialist engineers within NIE Networks and implemented immediately when instructed.
This plan seeks to spread the inconvenience equitably: a limited disruption to many, rather than more significant disruption to a smaller number of customers.