Power cut in Colchester

1 live incident affecting Colchester right now.

Covers the CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO6, CO7 postcode districts. We’ve recorded 16 power cuts in Colchester in the last 14 days. Based on incidents we’ve recorded here, Colchester is covered by UK Power Networks -- see our operator directory for their number and website.

Current incidents

• active UK Power Networks

  CO16 0BS, CO16 0BT, CO16 0BP, CO2 8GY, CO16 0, CO2 8

  Started: 07 Oct, 18:07

  Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 07 Oct, 22:30

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

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

Last outages

• active UK Power Networks

  CO16 0BS, CO16 0BT, CO16 0BP, CO2 8GY, CO16 0, CO2 8

  Started: 07 Oct, 18:07

  Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 07 Oct, 22:30

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

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

• restored UK Power Networks

  CO3 8RH, CO3 8PB, CO3 8NZ, CO3 8AA, CO3 5, CO3 8

  Started: 05 Oct, 19:31

  Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): by 06 Oct, 03:30

  Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~9

  We were investigating an electricity cable that was damaged, causing a power cut in the local area.

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

• restored UK Power Networks

  CO2 8JX, CO2 8ZA, CO2 8

  Started: 05 Oct, 09:27

  Restoration estimate: to be confirmed by the operator.

  A fault 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

Last 14 days

"Colchester" is an Office for National Statistics "Built-up Area", not an administrative district -- it covers the built-up extent of the town, which may include neighbouring postcode areas. The outline on the map is that boundary, simplified for display. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

If your power is off right now, call 105, free, 24/7 -- we're an information service, not the operator. See the operator directory for who covers this area, or our FAQ if you think you may be due compensation.

We've been collecting outage data since 12 September 2026.

Postcode sectors covered

Every postcode sector this page's data is drawn from -- 21 in total.

• CO1 1
• CO1 2
• CO1 9
• CO2 0
• CO2 7
• CO2 8
• CO2 9
• CO3 0
• CO3 3
• CO3 4
• CO3 8
• CO3 9
• CO4 0
• CO4 3
• CO4 5
• CO4 6
• CO4 7
• CO4 9
• CO6 3
• CO7 7
• CO7 9