SSEN (Scottish Hydro - SHEPD) Live UK Outage Status & Telemetry
Coverage: Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Highlands, Islands, Perthshire • Support / Emergency: 105 / 0800 300 999
24-Hour Telemetry & Outage Activity
Citizen reports (24h): 0Active Outages & Telemetry Logs
| Area / Postcode | Cause / Type | Affected / Status | Est. Restoration |
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Ellon (AB41)
Ellon (Postcode AB41) — SSEN UJ4353
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SSEN Unplanned Fault (HV) — other | DNO Active Fault | 15 Nov 2026 at 6:30 pm GMT |
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Stonehaven (AB39)
Stonehaven (Postcode AB39) — SSEN UJ3921
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SSEN Unplanned Fault (LV) — other | DNO Active Fault | 15 Nov 2026 at 5:17 pm GMT |
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Banchory (AB31)
Banchory (Postcode AB31) — SSEN 255612
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SSEN Planned Network Work | DNO Active Fault | 15 Nov 2026 at 2:17 pm GMT |
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Ayr (KA7)
Yellow warning of ice affecting Strathclyde
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Met Office Severe Weather Warning: Yellow warning of ice affecting Strathclyde | Met Office Warning | 16 Nov 2026 at 5:02 am GMT |
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Dundee (DD1)
Yellow warning of ice affecting Central, Tayside & Fife
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Met Office Severe Weather Warning: Yellow warning of ice affecting Central, Tayside & Fife | Met Office Warning | 16 Nov 2026 at 5:02 am GMT |
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Glasgow (G1)
Yellow warning of ice affecting Highlands & Eilean Siar
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Met Office Severe Weather Warning: Yellow warning of ice affecting Highlands & Eilean Siar | Met Office Warning | 16 Nov 2026 at 5:02 am GMT |
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Aberdeen (AB10)
Yellow warning of ice affecting Grampian
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Met Office Severe Weather Warning: Yellow warning of ice affecting Grampian | Met Office Warning | 16 Nov 2026 at 5:02 am GMT |
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Edinburgh (EH1)
Yellow warning of ice affecting Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders
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Met Office Severe Weather Warning: Yellow warning of ice affecting Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders | Met Office Warning | 16 Nov 2026 at 5:02 am GMT |
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Aberfeldy (PH15)
Aberfeldy (Postcode PH15) — SSEN 255562
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SSEN Planned Network Work | DNO Active Fault | 15 Nov 2026 at 2:17 pm GMT |
SSEN (Scottish Hydro - SHEPD) Power Cut Telemetry & Grid Coverage across Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Highlands, Islands, Perthshire
Serving Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Highlands, Islands, Perthshire, SSEN (Scottish Hydro - SHEPD) operates electricity infrastructure regulated by Ofgem (or the Utility Regulator in Northern Ireland). At this check, our telemetry ledger is tracking 9 active incident record(s) for SSEN (Scottish Hydro - SHEPD) across Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Highlands, Islands, Perthshire confirmed across official operational status feeds. Notice that SSEN (Scottish Hydro - SHEPD) covers physical cables, pole transformers and substation switchgear — your monthly direct debit electricity bill is handled separately by retail energy suppliers.
Unplanned UK power cuts are triggered by severe Atlantic winds, lightning strikes, underground low-voltage cable joints failing during temperature swings, or third-party excavation damage. Protective substation reclosers briefly cycle lines off and on (causing momentary house light flickers) before locking out a faulted section to prevent fires or live fallen conductors and publishing a verified outage notice on the SSEN (Scottish Hydro - SHEPD) outage map.
5-Step British Safety Check Before Calling 105
- Check your consumer unit (fuse box): Inspect whether a main RCD trip switch has dropped while street lamps and neighbours' lights outside remain on.
- Confirm with immediate neighbours: If homes across your street also lost supply simultaneously, you have a feeder-level network power cut rather than an internal circuit fault.
- Isolate high-draw appliances safely: Unplug sensitive computers, heat-pump controllers and EV wallboxes so the initial voltage surge when engineers re-energise the line cannot damage electronics.
- Dial 105 free (24/7 UK emergency power number): Calling 105 from any UK mobile or landline connects directly to your licensed DNO control centre using your postcode—or reach SSEN (Scottish Hydro - SHEPD) at 105 / 0800 300 999.
- Log start & restoration timestamps for Ofgem £95 claims: Unplanned normal-weather outages lasting over 12 hours qualify for automatic £95 compensation (+£40 per additional 6h) under Guaranteed Standards.
Reporting Local UK Faults & Telemetry Verification
When contacting SSEN (Scottish Hydro - SHEPD) (Licence / Role: SHEPD) on 105 / 0800 300 999 or via https://www.ssen.co.uk, have your full UK postcode (and outward district), house number, exact outage start timestamp, and whether immediate neighbours share the issue ready. Submitting a postcode-tagged update below updates community charts on UKOutage every 15 minutes.
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