Is there a power cut in the East Central London postcode area right now?

1 live incident affecting the EC postcode area right now.

The EC postcode area covers East Central London and the surrounding postcodes.

Active incidents

active UK Power Networks

EC3V 3ND, EC3V 3

Started: 09 Oct, 02:07

Restoration estimate: to be confirmed by the operator.

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

Contains data from UK Power Networks, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Planned work

No planned work currently affects the EC postcode area.

Recently restored

restored UK Power Networks

EC2A 4LB, EC2A 4EE, EC2A 4LN, EC2A 4ED, EC2A 4NE, EC2A 4HJ

Started: 08 Oct, 08:29

Restored: 08 Oct, 08:55

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

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restored UK Power Networks

EC1M 5UQ, EC1M 4DD, EC1M 4NP, SE1 4AS, SE1 4HW, EC1M 4DE

Started: 06 Oct, 12:01

Restored: 06 Oct, 12:05

Our engineers are currently working to find out what caused this power cut.

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restored UK Power Networks

E1 7EB, E1 7ED, E1 7EE, E1 7EF, E1 7HP, E1 7HW

Started: 05 Oct, 10:32

Restored: 05 Oct, 12:09

Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~9836

A fault occurred on an underground electricity cable in the local area.

Contains data from UK Power Networks, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Last 14 days

Operator	Power cuts	Typical time to fix
UK Power Networks	8	25m
Total	8	25m

Postcode districts in the EC area

District	Current	Total (14d)	Last power cut
London EC3A St Mary Axe, Aldgate	0	1	05 Oct, 10:32
London EC3M Lloyd's of London, Fenchurch Street	0	1	30 Sept, 04:52
London EC1M Clerkenwell, Farringdon	0	2	06 Oct, 12:01
London EC3V Cornhill, Gracechurch Street, Lombard Street	1	4	09 Oct, 02:07
London EC2A Shoreditch	0	5	08 Oct, 08:29
London EC4R Cannon Street	0	2	30 Sept, 11:18
London EC2M Broadgate, Liverpool Street	0	2	05 Oct, 10:32
London EC4N Mansion House	0	1	30 Sept, 11:18
London EC1Y St Luke's, Bunhill Fields, Golden Lane Estate	0	2	01 Oct, 11:59

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