NIE.....why does there supply system fail so readily?

Parisien

Ok....so theres quite a bit of snow, winds are gusting to 50-60mph, hardly a real storm as reported....but as ever the lines and poles are patently not up to the job. Do the Scandanavians have this bother every time there a bit of inclement weather?

Will our incredible MLAs bother to take this inept company to task and make them install better equipment? As ever the "It'll do rightly" attitude prevails in this part of the UK!

Old_Git

for some reason the lines are above ground .

saverbuyer

Unfortunately we spend all that money given to us by London on much more useful things like visitor centres built without competitive tenders, a useless housing executive and corrupt housing associations, hundreds of thousands on DLA and ESA, MLA pay rises, endless public sector sick days and ridiculous legal aid payments. Unfortunatly you can't have Scandinavian levels of service with our low taxation and constant living beyond our means.

Parisien

This is a private company, it has to meet certain standards, obviously set too low, hence the MLAs aspect to query!

saverbuyer

It isn't a private company it is a GovCo.

Edit

I think it's maybe private now actually.

Parisien

saverbuyer wrote: »

It isn't a private company it is a GovCo.

The worst combo then....all of Belfast blacked out......breath taking!

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:eek:

suki1964

See the whole of Belfast in Blackout

duggan1

saverbuyer wrote: »

It isn't a private company it is a GovCo.

Edit

I think it's maybe private now actually.

There are two NIEs. One generates the electricity and one holds the distribution infrastructure. The latter is owned by a company owned by the Irish govt.

suki1964

Reminiscent of when we were without power for a week a few years back, and then without water for a week the following year

saverbuyer

Yeah there's powerni and NIE. One private one GovCo.

duggan1

saverbuyer wrote: »

Yeah there's powerni and NIE. One private one GovCo.

But it's Irish govt owned so not quite the same as public sector.