Customers in the Highlands and Islands who suffer power cuts will have to be paid compensation for the first time, following energy regulator Ofgem's new framework for electricity distribution networks.
This does away with the discretion allowed to power companies over whether to pay compensation in the region.
The payments will be made to customers registered as vulnerable and, in line with the rest of the country, compensation will be triggered earlier.
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