Parts of Swansea to get electric ‘safety inspection’ visits

The checks, which affect properties in Fforestfach, Manselton, Penlan, Treboeth, and Waunarlwydd will take place from this week.

National Grid say that domestic and small business customers in the SA5 postcode will receive visits from approved contractors to check that service termination points inside properties are working as they should.

The service termination point, also known as a cut-out, is the indoor location where the main incoming electricity service cable and fuse is situated, in most cases close to the electricity meter. The cut-out is situated in a meter cabinet on the outside of most modern properties built since the 1980s, though it could be located within the property adjacent to the electricity meter or the customer’s consumer unit.

Inspectors will visually inspect National Grid and energy suppliers’ equipment and record basic details. No disassembly work will be carried out and customers’ power supplies will not be interrupted while inspections occur.

National Grid say they are aiming to complete 400,000 inspections of cut-outs in homes and small businesses across the Midlands, South West and South Wales every year in a rolling programme over the next 20 years.

It has an Ofgem licence obligation to carry out asset inspections to ensure cut-outs at low voltage metered properties are operating safely.

Richard Brady, National Grid’s Policy Engineer heading the inspection programme, said: “The UK is recognised internationally as having one of the most resilient and safe energy systems and this inspection programme underlines our commitment to the highest safety standards.

“Inspectors will visually examine cut-outs to check they are working as they should, taking photos and notes for our records. In the unlikely event of a defective cut-out being found, NGED engineers will be sent to carry out repairs at no cost to the customer.

“Visits will also be an opportunity to confirm what types of low-carbon technologies (LCT) are connected to our network, for example electric vehicle chargers and solar panels, to help our planning for future load growth on the network, and enable LCT items to be connected quicker in the future as we will have records of the cut-out asset on site and its condition.

“These are important safety visits but we understand they could be inconvenient for customers and apologise in advance if this is the case.”

Inspectors will be from a company called Calisen and will be clearly identifiable as working for NGED. They will be able to present ID and authorisation to enter properties.

Customers will have the option of taking their own photographs of their cut-out and meter and sending them to National Grid who will decide if a follow-up visit is needed.

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Minister visits council’s latest ‘More Homes’ development

Swansea Council say they are in the process of creating 13 new homes in the community of Manselton. The mix of one-bedroom flats and three-bedroom houses are part of the Council’s award winning ‘More Homes’ programme.

Andrea Lewis, the Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Service Transformation welcomed Ms Bryant to the city to showcase the latest energy saving homes, which have been created on council land in the city, following demolition of an older council building that was no longer in use.

Also included on the tour were cabinet representatives from neighbouring councils, including Pembrokeshire, Neath & Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire.

Once completed, the development will see a total of 13 new homes, comprising of 8 one-bedroom flats and 5 three-bedroom houses, all featuring energy efficient technology, including solar panels, battery storage and ground source heating, all designed to keep homes warmer and energy bills to a minimum.

The latest phase of work is part of the Council’s wider More Homes programme which has already created more than 280 additional council homes the city.

Cllr Lewis said she was extremely proud to be able to showcase the latest housing developments in the city. She said: “This is a great opportunity to showcase what Swansea is doing in terms of creating much needed new housing in the city.

“Welsh Government has been very supportive in terms of assisting with funding to introduce modern technology to the homes we are building and ensuring tenants can benefit from very low energy bills.

“Brondeg House was previously identified as surplus to requirements. Part of our strategy has been to look at former council-owned sites across the city where we can develop new homes and add to our current housing stock.

“Importantly, this latest scheme includes a number of one-bedroom properties, which are very much in demand in Swansea.

“This is part of a significant investment by the Council and we have committed to spending £250 million during the next five years.

“I’m confident this new development will follow the example made by previous More Homes schemes we have completed in recent years – providing modern, safe and warm homes for families or individuals.”

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Manselton teen turned to drug dealing after losing council job

19-year-old Liam Devois, from Manselton had been released from prison for an earlier drugs offences on 25 September 2025.

Swansea Crown Court heard that Devois came out of prison “with the best of intentions” and got a job with the council.

However after losing that job, Devois turned back to “the old crowd” falling under the influence of an “older and negative peer group”.

Police identified Devois during an unrelated investigation when his drugs-related messages were found on a mobile phone.

In March, officers attended his home address, during which quantities of ketamine and cannabis were found alongside numerous items of drug paraphernalia.

Devois’ phone contained evidence of him advertising drugs including cocaine for sale.

He has been sentenced to four years in a young offenders’ institution.

Detective Sergeant Luke Tucker from South Wales Police said: “Liam Devois’ involvement in the illegal drug trade has now cost him years of freedom.

“He has evidently not learned his lesson from his previous sentence for a similar offence.

“Dealing drugs does not pay. The only reward drug dealers will get is a good spell in prison.”

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