Damage should have been foreseen

Sir, – The vast majority of the power outages were preventable.

The most common problem was trees being blown down over power lines. They should have been cut down in good time.

Company directors are getting huge dividends and executives are getting massive bonuses to keep it that way for them. They can’t be trusted.

The whole thing should be taken from them and nationalised.

The revenues generated from the business should be poured back in to modernise and to maintain the system.

Cameron G Fraser, Main Street, Lumsden, Aberdeenshire