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Wrangle over £10,000 electricity bill for empty Shrewsbury building

Shropshire Council is involved in a wrangle with an electricity company after receiving a £10,000 bill for a building that has been empty for more than 18 months. Shropshire Council is involved in a wrangle with an electricity company after receiving a £10,000 bill for a building that has been empty for more than 18 months. Officials are in dispute with Southern Electric over the bill for Chronicle House in Shrewsbury and believe the utilities company must have made a mistake. The bill is for a six-month period from February to the end of July. Council spokeswoman Laura Owen said no-one had used the three-storey building in Castle Foregate since it was sold by Shropshire Newspapers to the authority in 2009. [24link]

Shrewsbury|Aug 31, 2011
Shrewsbury

Powys protest over electricity pylons plan

Up to 100 placard-waving villagers in Powys turned out to fight plans which could see massive 46-metre high pylons built in Shropshire and Mid Wales. Up to 100 placard-waving villagers in Powys turned out to fight plans which could see massive 46-metre high pylons built in Shropshire and Mid Wales. The protesters were among more than 500 people who packed out a consultation meeting held by National Grid at Meifod village hall yesterday. Campaigners against the bid to build pylons and a substation in either Abermule, near Newtown, and Cefn Coch, near Llanfair Caereinion, claim it will destroy communities. Pete Shah, from Meifod, described the proposals as "industrial vandalism."

News|Apr 12, 2011
News

Welsh windfarm electricity pylons plan for Shrewsbury

Electricity cables could stretch across the Shropshire countryside north of Shrewsbury to link with the National Grid at one of three points, it was revealed today. Electricity cables could stretch across the Shropshire countryside north of Shrewsbury to link with the National Grid at one of three points, it was revealed today. Lower Frankton, Wigmarsh or Walford Heath have been chosen as possible end points for a high voltage power line running from windfarms in Mid Wales to tie in with the major electricity network for Britain. A consultation meeting in Oswestry heard yesterday a decision on the site depends on whether a substation to collect the windfarm power is built at either Cefn Coch or Abermule.

Shrewsbury|Mar 24, 2011
Shrewsbury

Warning over door-to-door cut-price electricity scam

RESIDENTS IN Powys and across the Shropshire border are being warned to avoid door-to-door sellers offering cut-price electricity for pre-payment meters. RESIDENTS IN Powys and across the Shropshire border are being warned to avoid door-to-door sellers offering cut-price electricity for pre-payment meters. Powys Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) said people struggling to pay fuel bills had been conned. The sellers typically offer about £50 credit for £25, using their own key to add false credit to the pre-payment meter. The process wipes all the information from the customer's original key, including any existing credit. But once the energy company is aware of the fraud the customer is required to pay again, this time for the full amount for the energy they have used. The scam first came to light over the summer.

News|Dec 29, 2010
News

Weir electricity plans a step nearer

Shrewsbury's weir is a step closer to being used to harness electricity after council bosses announced they were inviting companies to submit expressions of interest. Shrewsbury's weir is a step closer to being used to harness electricity after council bosses announced they were inviting companies to submit expressions of interest. Shropshire Council confirmed earlier this year it was considering generating power from the weir with one councillor welcoming the plans and calling on them to be incorporated into a wider scheme to make more use of the River Severn.

Shrewsbury|May 14, 2010
Shrewsbury

Electricity row could see firms quit town

Businesses in a north Shropshire town are poised to move away from the area unless urgent action is taken to address what they say is a limited electricity supply to their premises, it was claimed today. Businesses in a north Shropshire town are poised to move away from the area unless urgent action is taken to address what they say is a limited electricity supply to their premises, it was claimed today. Firms based on Waymills Industrial Estate, in Whitchurch, say their expansion plans are being hampered because the electricity substation serving them cannot provide enough power for them to grow. Tim Stokes, managing director of Tension Control Bolts, which makes bolts for bonding big metal structures, said he feared Whitchurch would be "left behind" unless action was taken. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star

Whitchurch|Oct 13, 2009
Whitchurch
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