After living in London where in 20 years I only experienced one power cut that lasted more than a few minutes (and it was about 2 hours, unfortunately the eveni

After living in London where in 20 years I only experienced one power cut that lasted more than a few minutes (and it was about 2 hours, unfortunately the evening before a university paper needed submitting (printed and delivered in person the following morning as they used to be)), I now live more in the countryside. Just the other night we had a 2 hour plus powercut, and we seem to get about one a year - but I wonder if that is more down to local building work than regional issues, and it has never been due to weather.