A blackout has left residents in East Lothian without power tonight as temperatures plummet to below zero.

Residents in Longniddry and nearby Aberlady were left without power after two high voltage network outages were reported this evening (January 8).

The first power cut was reported in Longniddry shortly before 6.30pm, with a second having been reported in Aberlady an hour later.

Scottish Power initially said power would be restored to all homes in Longniddry and Aberlady by 9pm and 9.30pm respectively.

Shortly before 9pm, it said power had been restored to homes in Aberlady, but estimated that residents in Longniddry would have to wait until 12.15am for power to come back.

Scottish Power’s Power Cuts Map currently lists all of the outages as ‘restored’.

One homeowner, whose power is now back, said he was worried it could happen again in the freezing temperatures.

“Everything went out at around 7.30pm. I checked the switch board to see if anything had tripped but it seemed normal,” he said.

Residents in Longniddry and Aberlady have been left without power.

placeholder image — Residents in Longniddry and Aberlady have been left without power.

“And when I looked outside the entire neighbourhood was dark. There is a lot of young families in this area so having heating and power is crucial when it’s this cold. Phone signal and 5G is also pretty poor on some networks here so it was a bit worrying when everything went out.

“Luckily power wasn’t out for very long, maybe around 20 minutes.

“I hope this doesn’t become an ongoing issue at this time of year - I did notice that clocks on the microwave and cooker had reset this morning which suggested that there had been some sort of outage during the night or early morning. With weather taking a turn for the worse soon, we’ll all be relying on having stable power.”

A yellow weather warning for snow and ice is in place across Edinburgh and the Lothians until midday on Friday, January 9, with the Met Office having warned of ‘wintry showers and patchy ice’.

According to the Met Office, the temperature in East Lothian is currently around zero, with wind chill making it feel like -2C.

The post codes affected by the power cut in Longniddry, according to Scottish Power, are: EH320PL and EH330NZ.

It added that the post codes affected by the Aberlady outage were: EH20PR, EH312AA, EH320DB, EH320DE, EH320HE, EH320HW, EH320PC, EH320PJ, EH320PL, EH320PR, EH320PX, EH320PY, EH320PZ, EH320QA, EH320QB, EH320QD, EH320QP, EH320RA, EH320RB, EH320RD, EH320RE, EH320RF, EH320RG, EH320RH, EH320RJ, EH320RL, EH320RN, EH320RP, EH320RQ, EH320RR, EH320RS, EH320RT, EH320RU, EH320RW, EH320RX, EH320RY, EH320RZ, EH320SA, EH320SB, EH320SD, EH320SE, EH320SF, EH320SG, EH320SH, EH320SQ, EH320UE, EH320UF, EH320UG, EH320UH, EH320UJ, EH320UL, EH321AA, EH326LE, EH331EF, EH331EH, EH331EJ, EH331EL, EH340RJ, EH54QD, FK101ET