Thousands spend second night without power after Storm Floris
Tens of thousands of people were left without power after high winds earlier in the week, which reached speeds of up to 90mph.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Distribution said that as of 8.30am on Wednesday, 68,000 customers have been reconnected.
Work continues to reconnect a further 3,900 customers who are still without power.
The company said that hundreds of engineers have been out on the network since first light on Wednesday morning working to reconnect homes.
It said that 95% of customers who lost supplies due to Storm Floris have been reconnected.
Andy Smith, SSEN's director of customer operations for the north of Scotland, said late on Tuesday: 'Storm Floris has been unusually powerful, especially for a storm at this time of year.
'It's brought down many trees that have endured several previous storms, and it's caused some network damage.'
He added: 'I'd like to thank our customers for their understanding and patience while we go about this massive task; we're doing our best to give people realistic, informed estimates of when we'll get their power back on.
'I'm also grateful to the teams from our contract partners and other network operators for supporting our effort.'
An amber weather warning was in place for an area stretching from the central belt to northern Scotland for much of the day on Monday while the rest of the country was covered by a yellow weather warning.
The storm also caused significant disruption to Scotland's rail network.
Network Rail said teams have been working 'tirelessly' to repair damage to infrastructure such as overhead lines and to clear fallen trees and debris from the tracks.
The storm also led to delays in exam results being delivered to pupils in some island communities on SQA results day on Tuesday.
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