Fines urged for blackout delays

Press Association
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Image shows a young boy and girl sitting at the table eating breakfast. The room is lit by candles because there has been a powe
Image shows a young boy and girl sitting at the table eating breakfast. The room is lit by candles because there has been a powe

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Fines for power firms which fail to restore household electricity supplies within set times are needed to end the "complacency" bosses showed during mass black-outs over Christmas, MPs said.

Customers should also get far higher compensation payments after suffering much shorter periods without power during extreme weather, they said.

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