Storm Boelo: over 47,000 SSEN customers awaiting power in north Scotland
SSEN reports just over 47,000 customers awaiting electricity restoration in its north Scotland network at 15:00 GMT on 25 October 2026 after Storm Boelo. The operator also reports more than 32,500 customers restored cumulatively since the storm began crossing its network the previous afternoon. These figures describe different measures and should not be combined into a current disconnected total.
Status of this incident
Partial / reduced supply
Last known status: partly restored · SSEN reports just over 47,000 customers awaiting restoration in north Scotland at 15:00 GMT on 25 October; more than 32,500 restored cumulatively.
Source moment: 25 Oct 2026, 15:00 UTC (15:00 local time)
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Just over 47,000 SSEN customers awaited restoration in north Scotland at 15:00 GMT on 25 October.
More than 32,500 customers had been restored cumulatively since the storm began crossing the network.
The figures apply to SSEN’s north Scotland network; they do not establish a Britain-wide total.
A timed snapshot for north Scotland
SSEN’s 25 October update identifies Argyll and the West, Skye and the Western Isles within its north Scotland coverage. Its remaining-customer figure is a snapshot at 15:00 GMT, equivalent to 15:00 UTC. It does not supply an exact outage start for each location or an address-by-address account of the interruption.
The wording “just over 47,000” is approximate. It should be retained as the operator’s description, rather than presented as an exact 47,000 connections. Customers are the reported unit; the figure cannot be converted into a number of people without additional evidence. It also does not measure the remaining impact in another distributor’s network.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Operator network
- SSEN north Scotland; Argyll and the West, Skye and the Western Isles
- Awaiting restoration
- Just over 47,000 customers at 15:00 GMT on 25 October 2026
- Cumulative restorations
- More than 32,500 customers since the storm began crossing the network the previous afternoon
Cumulative restorations and remaining uncertainty
The more than 32,500 restorations are cumulative since Storm Boelo began crossing SSEN’s network the previous afternoon. That measure records reconnections over the response period. It is distinct from the customers still awaiting restoration at the bulletin time and cannot establish that every connection in a named area has returned.
A Scottish Government bulletin published at 15:30 GMT on 25 October relays around 40,000 without supply and 26,000 restored. Its observation time and network scope are unstated. Those figures differ from SSEN’s 15:00 GMT figures of just over 47,000 awaiting restoration and more than 32,500 restored. The difference cannot establish subsequent restoration: the two reports cannot be subtracted or combined. This article retains SSEN’s explicitly timed network snapshot. Neither report establishes a single restoration deadline for every affected address.
Preparing essential-device backup
The runtime calculator can help estimate how long available battery capacity might support essential devices. The internet backup planner and grid-down essentials guide offer preparation context. These resources cannot check a particular address’s supply or determine when network repairs will finish. A later verified operator bulletin is needed to revise this timed snapshot.