My dad had a powercut this morning, for about 5hrs - i.e. long enough to chat to the neighbours. He claims that only a few of his neighbours were affected - those who get their electricity from Eon.
I know almost nothing about electricity distribution, but I don't see how this can be correct. Surely all houses in an area are served by the same substation using the same wires, and therefore if one house is down, then they all are (or at least all the ones on the same phase).
Am I missing something?