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More than 170 Cumbria properties affected by power cuts today

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8h ago I work for a normal corp and dont get sent home unless a power outage is more than a few hours. The retail corporation next door appeared to have the same policy. -3.0
11h ago JFC. No, EVs are NOT the future. They are unsustainable and building one EV has a greater geological impact than any car using an ICE. They also add more strain to the electrical grid which also ha… -6.0
12h ago ⚠️ *Electricity Outage* in *Mfuleni* 📍 Large area affected ⏰ Oct 8, 9:38 PM Unplanned maintenance on high voltage fault. Crews are working to restore power as soon as possible. For more info, conta… -2.0
13h ago (Utility) NSP is investigating the cause of a power outage affecting more than 2400 customers in and around the Tantallon area Stay up-to-date with NSP here outagemap.nspower.ca/external/def... -3.5
14h ago As governments in Atlantic Canada contemplate the creation of a more reliable and affordable electricity grid, the Build the Grid speaker series takes a look across the ocean at innovative electric… +4.0
17h ago #LibraryNEWS: due to a power outage, the #SparksLibrary will have a delayed opening today, Thursday, October 8. We will update this post when we have more information about when the library will op… -1.5
18h ago Nationalize the power grid. Yesterday. Private companies cannot have control of our most important strategic defense resource. More proof of the Epstein class at work. -4.0
21h ago ⚠️ *Unplanned Electricity Outage* in *Philippi* 📍 Dubu Cr & Surrounds ⏰ Oct 8, 2:02 PM Electricity supply affected due to phase/s missing. Our team is working to resolve the issue as soon as possib… -2.0
1d ago Work laptop died yesterday Suggested to my boss that I WFH for the rest of the week Boss is more than accommodating Paying for groceries in the shop before starting work early… National power o… -1.5
1d ago medium.com/mindful-insi... Why do we pay the people who manipulate spreadsheets 10x more than the people who keep the power grid from exploding? It’s time to confront our obsession with paper crede… -2.0
1d ago Cuba's travel advisory level hasn't changed. What's underneath it has: a nationwide power grid collapse, bank cards no longer working, airports running short on fuel. The level staying the same t… -7.5
1d ago They fixed the power grid. Oh they said they would but after everyone stopped talking about it they used the money for more vacations. -4.0
1d ago Trump blocks foreign grid parts President Trump declared a national emergency to protect the U.S. electric grid, banning the purchase and installation of certain foreign-made components and citing… -1.0
1d ago IMF says AI spurs growth IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said AI-driven investment spreading beyond the United States would boost global growth, while analysts warned the US was building twice the … +2.0
1d ago Emera and Canadian Utilities Agree to $72-Billion Merger #MarketUpdates Follow Us for more +4.0
1d ago Without her, Oregon would have no SNAP and no Oregon Healthcare. Our forests on public land would be cut down to "reduce forest fires." More hydroelectric dams would be installed (messing with fish… -2.0
1d ago "If we keep trying to cram more GPUs into data centers, we are going to melt the power grid." — from "Quantum Meets AI: The Next Computing Bottleneck Is Already Here" -4.0
1d ago I sat down with local leaders for an Energy Infrastructure Roundtable. Folks from @uw-cei.bsky.social, Clean Power Research, Grid Forward, the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub, EDF Power Solutions, a… +4.0
1d ago Meanwhile, yet another Russian drone strike continues in Kyiv, for 4 hours now. Two people have been killed in the city this evening; there is more damage to homes. Half an hour ago, an emergency… -7.5
1d ago Happy #EEDay2026! ⚡ Energy efficiency is one of the simplest ways to make life more affordable, from lower utility bills and cheaper transportation to more comfortable homes, lower business operati… +6.0
1d ago ICYMI: Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania, Maryland and other states have long called for PJM Interconnection, which administers the regional electric grid, to give more weight to state voices in i… +1.5
1d ago China built up their power grid first. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang noted that China doesn't need cutting edge processors, because when you have more electricity, you just substitute more microchips wit… +2.0
1d ago ⚡You are invited to the Build the Grid speakers series As governments in Atlantic Canada contemplate the creation of a more reliable, resilient and affordable electricity grid, this speaker series… +4.0
1d ago And more uprates! This time for Constellation rather than Vistra, with support from Google rather than the DOE blog.google/company-news... www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/n... +4.0
1d ago Europe should learn from this energy crisis. More solar panels, more wind turbines, more redundancy on power grid. +5.0

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The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 More than 170 Cumbria properties affected by power cuts today power_outage newsandstar.co.uk frustrated, inconvenienced, anxious
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anticipation
T3 More than 170 Cumbria properties affected by power cuts today power_outage nwemail.co.uk worried, inconvenienced, vulnerable
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fear
T3 More than 170 Cumbria properties affected by power cuts today power_outage thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk frustrated, stranded, cold
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T3 More than 170 Cumbria properties affected by power cuts today power_outage timesandstar.co.uk frustrated, inconvenienced, anxious
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anger