333 homes without electricity after power cut in Great Glen around Fort Augustus and Invergarry area

Hundreds of homes in the Great Glen were without power on Saturday morning after a fault on the electricity network.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said its engineers were on site and working to fix the fault, which occurred shortly after 9am.

Around 333 homes and businesses in the area around Fort Augustus and Invergarry were affected by the outage, according to SSEN's Powertrack map.

"We're very sorry for the power cut and are aware of a fault on our main network affecting 333 homes.

"This is affecting a large area and it's likely several streets in your area are affected by the same outage.

"The cause of the power cut is a fault on our underground network. This is the most common type of fault we see and our teams are very experienced in dealing with these issues.

“In most cases, our engineers are able to restore power by simply replacing a fuse at the local substation, however, if the fault is severe, this may result in us needing to make full repairs which can take longer. If this does happen, we will let you know.

"If you need more information… call us on 105 and quote reference 'NR0254'.

At the time of writing SSEN said it hoped to restore power by 2pm, although this is an estimate and could slip depending on the nature of the repairs.

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