Alongside, Mims Davies MP, I met South East Water’s Chief Executive and his team last Friday. I was very keen to get an update on the ongoing steps they are taking to improve resilience following the outage that impacted many constituents in the run up to Christmas in December of 2022. Steps were put in place then but they need constant monitoring.
I also raised very directly the issues that have for far too long been a problem in Balcombe and Handcross with power cuts leading to incredibly frustrating temporary water outages. They have implemented measures to re-start their boosters without the need for an engineer to attend. However, I strongly encouraged them to work with UKPN to find a permanent solution.