UK Power Networks power cuts

15 live incidents reported by UK Power Networks right now.

UK Power Networks covers London, Eastern, South Eastern. We've recorded 1161 power cuts from UK Power Networks in the last 14 days. Call 105 (free, 24/7), or their own line: 0800 31 63 105, or see their own live outage page.

Incidents that might be due compensation?

3 UK Power Networks incidents in the last 5 days ran 12 hours or more with 25+ customers still affected at that point -- 119 customers between them. Showing all 3. Under Ofgem's Guaranteed Standards scheme, affected customers may be owed compensation. See how to make a compensation claim.

Possible compensation Ref: INCD-636161-Z

Started: 05 Oct, 11:03

Restored: 06 Oct, 02:50 (15h 47m total)

Peak affected: 52 customers

Still affected at 12h: 52 (100% of peak)

NR18 0
Possible compensation Ref: INCD-417255-J

Started: 04 Oct, 23:20

Restored: 05 Oct, 14:42 (15h 22m total)

Peak affected: 61 customers

Still affected at 12h: 41 (67% of peak)

N1 2
Possible compensation Ref: INCD-635999-Z

Started: 04 Oct, 04:55

Restored: 06 Oct, 00:05 (1d 19h total)

Peak affected: 77 customers

Still affected at 12h: 26 (34% of peak)

SG6 4

Last 14 days

Operator	Power cuts	Typical time to fix
UK Power Networks	1161	2h 22m
Total	1161	2h 22m

Active incidents

active UK Power Networks

IP14 2PF, IP14 2BT, IP14 2BS, IP14 2PG, IP14 2BH, IP14 2PE

Started: 09 Oct, 02:35

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 06:30

A fault has occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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active UK Power Networks

PE29 2JB, PE29 2JD, PE29 2EU, PE29 2HU, PE29 2HZ, PE29 2

Started: 09 Oct, 02:33

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 06:00

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~34

A fault has occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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active UK Power Networks

EC3V 3ND, EC3V 3

Started: 09 Oct, 02:07

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 06:30

A fault has occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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active UK Power Networks

PE13 5HZ, PE13 5HU, PE13 5HT, PE13 5

Started: 09 Oct, 01:36

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 05:30

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~26

A fault has occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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active UK Power Networks

CB21 5DH, CB21 5EY, CB21 5BG, CB1 5DH, CB21 5DJ, CB21 5DL

Started: 09 Oct, 01:23

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 05:30

A fault has occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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active UK Power Networks

CO2 0HH, CO2 9SD, CO2 9RG, CO2 9SB, CO2 9PT, CO2 9PS

Started: 09 Oct, 00:39

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 03:30

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~206

We're investigating a high voltage overhead electricity line fault which has caused a power cut in the local area.

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active UK Power Networks

PE29 3AU, PE29 3AY, PE29 3EQ, PE29 2DD, PE29 2DB, PE29 2DE

Started: 09 Oct, 00:21

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 05:00

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~63

An underground electricity cable has faulted on our high voltage network, causing an area wide power cut.

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active UK Power Networks

CT5 4BZ, CT5 4BY, CT5 4BX, CT5 4

Started: 09 Oct, 00:14

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 03:00

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~20

We've had to turn off power in your area so our engineers can safely carry out emergency repairs to the network.

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active UK Power Networks

N1 7LU, N1 7LP, N1 7NW, N1 7NZ, N1 7JE, N1 7TU

Started: 08 Oct, 22:16

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 02:30

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~8

A fault has occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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active UK Power Networks

GU23 6PQ, KT24 6NE, GU23 6PG, GU23 6PF, GU23 6, KT24 6

Started: 08 Oct, 21:07

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 04:00

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~29

A fault has occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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active UK Power Networks

CT13 9LJ, CT13 9LY, CT13 9LH, CT13 9

Started: 08 Oct, 15:10

Restoration estimate: to be confirmed by the operator.

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~1

We're investigating an electricity cable that has been damaged, causing a power cut in the local area.

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active UK Power Networks

ME17 3NF, ME17 3ND, ME17 3NE, ME17 3NN, ME17 3

Started: 08 Oct, 15:03

Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 09 Oct, 02:00

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~10

We're investigating an overhead electricity line fault which has caused a power cut in the local area.

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active UK Power Networks

NW9 0BY, NW9 9PE, HA5 3WW, NW9 0BS, NW9 0BT, NW9 9NA

Started: 08 Oct, 11:17

Restoration estimate: to be confirmed by the operator.

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~1

A fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable affecting the local area, we may have to dig up the road to carry out repairs.

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active UK Power Networks

CM19 5JZ, CM19 5JY, CM19 5JP, CM19 5JR, CM19 5JU, CM19 5

Started: 07 Oct, 22:31

Restoration estimate: to be confirmed by the operator.

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~1

A fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable affecting the local area, we may have to dig up the road to carry out repairs.

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active UK Power Networks

HP6 6ER, HP6 6EQ, HP6 6ES, HP6 6ED, HP6 6DZ, HP6 6EE

Started: 08 Sept, 19:17

Restoration estimate: to be confirmed by the operator.

A problem on the electricity network is causing power to go on and off in the area.

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Recently restored

restored UK Power Networks

WD24 7LR, WD24 7LN, WD24 7LW, WD24 7

Started: 09 Oct, 01:28

Restored: 09 Oct, 02:15

A fault occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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restored UK Power Networks

WD19 6HU, WD19 7HT, WD19 7HS, WD19 7SW, WD19 6HX, WD19 7UW

Started: 08 Oct, 19:31

Restored: 09 Oct, 02:04

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restored UK Power Networks

BN1 4GU, BN1 4LG, BN1 4

Started: 08 Oct, 20:58

Restored: 09 Oct, 01:54

A fault occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

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