Update: Cause of power cuts to hundreds of Inverness homes still being investigated
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The cause of a fault which led to a power cut for hundreds of homes in Inverness is still being investigated.
The fault occurred on the network at 1.40pm today causing a power cut to 1731 homes.
Engineers from Scottish and Southern Electricty Networks (SSEN) were able to restore power to 1379 homes within one hour.
Supplies to the remaining 352 customers in the Kingsmills area were expected to be restored by the end of the afternoon.
A spokeswoman for SSEN said the cause was still being investigated.
"We would like to apologise to our customers for any inconvience caused by today’s power cut and thank them for their patience whilst our engineers worked to restore power as safely and quickly as possible," she added.
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