A MAN from Hebden Bridge has received a compensation cheque for more than £2 trillion (US$2.27 trillion) in what Northern Powergrid has called an “oversight.”

Gareth Hughes went viral after tweeting a picture of the cheque, which he received after going several days without power during Storm Arwen.

The image shows the customer had been written a cheque for £2,324,252,080,110.

Tagging the power supplier, he asked: “Before I bank the cheque however, are you sure you can afford this?”

Northern Powergrid replied asking for his contact details so they could “correct this oversight.”

Northern Powergrid said 74 customers had been affected by the “clerical error” — and it had stopped all the cheques affected.

A spokeswoman for Northern Powergrid said they had been investigating how this error happened and carrying out checks of previous payments.

More than 150,000 homes were left without power after Storm Arwen brought heavy winds to the U.K. last November. (SD-Agencies)