Letter about impact of power outages – Herald

We have the annual occurrence of many households in the Highlands suffering
the loss of power because of storm force winds.

Outages can last for days, when need is greatest.

As a matter of urgency, the Scottish Parliament should compel the power
companies to replace overhead lines with underground infrastructure. The
extremes of weather we are experiencing are likely to continue for the
foreseeable future.

It appears that this appalling standard of service is only tolerated in
parts of rural Scotland. Cost is the reason for not burying the cables.
MSPs should urgently consider diverting some, or all, of the ludicrous sums
we pay in wind farm subsidies to raise the requisite expenditure.

Robbie McDougal,
22/2, Avon Road,
Edinburgh.