The energy regulator Ofgem has told ITV News that power networks could face fines if it is proved that they failed to respond quickly enough to reconnect customers left with no electricity after the storms at Christmas.
At least 550,000 homes and businesses were affected by blackouts over the festive period, according to figures from the Energy Networks Association.
Some 100,000 properties were still without power on Christmas Eve, dropping to 24,000 by the end of Christmas Day as engineers worked around the clock.
Southern and eastern parts of the UK were affected for the longest time, but there were blackouts across the nation over the whole period.
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