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DON’T CAST YOUR LIFE AWAY! NIE ADVISES ANGLERS TO FISH WITH CAUTION
Northern Ireland Electricity today launched “Don’t Cast Your Life Away”, a new fishing safety campaign encouraging anglers to be look up and look out for overhead electricity equipment before they start fishing. Every year anglers are injured or killed because they accidentally come into contact with overhead electricity lines and NIE wants every angler across [...]
NEWRY AND MOURNE COUNCIL MAKES THE SMART MOVE TO GREEN ENERGY!
Newry and Mourne District Council has re-energised its Town Hall at Bank Parade, installing solar panels on the roof of the building which will generate up to 4,400 units of environmentally friendly electricity every year. Councils throughout Northern Ireland have had the opportunity to install a 5kW solar energy system on their properties for a [...]
NIE and Antrim Man on the Ball
A lucky Antrim man will be watching TV on a top of the range 42” plasma television in future, thanks to winning a powerful promotion from Northern Ireland Electricity. To tie in with the recent World Cup, NIE entered all customers who switched to paying their NIE bill by direct debit during June into a [...]
NIE Brings Sizzle to Summer
Local lady Amanda Wilson from North Belfast is the latest winner of Northern Ireland Electricity’s weekly summer sizzler prize giveaway. Amanda and her partner John Howarth recently signed up to pay their NIE bill by direct debit, and were automatically entered in the NIE summer sizzler prize draw. The couple won themselves a top of [...]
Powerful Breakfast for Ballymena Businesses
Rising energy costs over the last year have lead to a significant increase in overheads for many local businesses. To help combat the problem Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry has teamed up with Northern Ireland Electricity inviting Ballymena businesses to a ‘Three Steps to Lower Energy Bills’ breakfast briefing. The business breakfast, sponsored [...]
Developer Brings NIE Line Down
Northern Ireland Electricity has issued a safety warning to anyone using heavy machinery in the vicinity of overhead electricity equipment. The warning comes as a developer digging a site for a new house at Drumaknockan road Hillsborough hit a supporting wire on an electricity pole, breaking the pole in two and bringing down a span [...]
Digger Brings NIE Line Down
Northern Ireland Electricity has issued a safety warning to anyone using heavy machinery in the vicinity of overhead electricity equipment. The warning comes as a developer using a digger to clear top-soil in a yard in the Carnalea West area, hit an overhead electricity line at 3.10pm on Tuesday (25th July), cutting power to 93 [...]
LOOK UP, LOOK OUT FOR OVERHEAD LINES, SAYS NIE
Northern Ireland Electricity has issued a safety warning to anyone using heavy machinery in the vicinity of overhead electricity equipment. The warning comes as a contractor operating a digger in the Tory Brae area of Dromara hit and broke a high voltage overhead line at 4.40pm on Friday 21st July. NIE engineers responded immediately, assessing [...]
LIGHTNING STORMS GENERATE POWERFUL STATISTICS
Northern Ireland experienced severe lightning storms during the early hours of the morning of Thursday 20th July, damaging electricity equipment and causing disruption to electricity supplies. Over 200 Northern Ireland Electricity engineers, linesmen, call handlers and administrative staff began the restoration process in the early hours of the morning, working throughout the day to restore [...]
Cutting edge energy technology at a cut price!
Northern Ireland’s leading energy players are now offering homeowners within the natural gas network cutting edge technology at a cut price! Domestic Combined Heat and Power (d-CHP) is a revolutionary new way to heat and power your home, and you can take advantage of an offer which provides the system for £1,500, that’s less than [...]