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Planned Emergency Power Cuts

In the event that there is a shortfall in electricity generation in Northern Ireland, SONI may instruct NIE Networks to undertake Planned Emergency Power Cuts – previously referred to as load shedding – in order to protect the integrity of the electricity grid.

Using our well established and tested plans, we will then disconnect blocks of customers for periods of up to 3 hours according to predefined lists. In the event of this procedure having to be used the Planned Emergency Power Cut rota will be published here:

Planned Emergency Power Cut Rota

Please enter your postcode in the box below to find out which block letter you are in. You may also toggle the blocks on and off on the map below.

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Updated November 2023

Disclaimer – While every effort has been made to ensure this information is as accurate as possible, electricity networks are dynamic and do not always adhere to postcode boundaries, therefore for the purposes of easily visualising this data there may be some data errors at the edges of blocks. See our Rota Disconnection Plans.