Ofgem has today confirmed it is recommending that SSE's electricity transmission business, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Ltd (SHETL), is fast tracked under the RIIOT1 process for the Transmission Price Control period April 2013 - Mar 2021. Ofgem will now publish its proposals on the business plan1 put forward by SHETL.

Following the storm force winds experienced earlier in the month resulting in the loss of power to so many properties within our network area in Scotland, I felt I should write and express my thanks to our customers for their patience, understanding and support in what must have been very tough and challenging conditions.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) confirms that all 40,000 customers affected by the storm force conditions which hit Scotland on Tuesday will have their electricity supplies restored tonight (6 January). Hundreds of engineers worked tirelessly for days to restore electricity to customers who had been without power. These customers were spread throughout the SHEPD territory but were found mainly in Argyll and Bute.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) engineers will continue to work late into the night and we expect less than 800 homes to be without power overnight - this number may reduce even further by the morning. These are small groups of customers in isolated and difficult to access areas across the Argyll region.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) engineers have restored supplies to the Isle of Bute, Dunoon and the Isle of Cumbrae (Millport) reconnecting almost 7,000 customers and reducing the total number customers without power to around 2,000.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) is working closely with Argyll and Bute Council and the Scottish Government to ensure communication lines remain open to customers who remain without electricity in Argyll and Bute while engineers work hard to restore power to around 9,000 homes.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) engineers have made good progress repairing the significant faults on the electricity network in the Argyll area but around 9,000 homes remain without power. However SHEPD still expects the vast majority of customers to have their power restored later today.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) engineers were able to restore power to 7,000 homes last night, but renewed strong winds and poor weather conditions overnight have resulted in a number of additional faults and around 9,000 homes are currently without power.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) engineers are continuing to restore electricity supplies to 9,000 homes which are without power following the substantial damage caused by this exceptional weather event. SHEPD teams have undertaken the equivalent of six months of fault repair work within the last four weeks.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) teams are continuing to restore electricity supplies to 9,000 homes still without power at lunchtime today, following the substantial damage caused to the electricity network by the exceptional weather. At the peak there were around 40,000 customers without power as a result of over 100 separate major incidents, and several hundred smaller incidents, affecting the electricity network in the north of Scotland, the Western and Northern Isles.