Power cut affecting London and nearby areas

What happened?

Due to a faulty piece of underground network equipment we had to turn off your power.

Which areas are affected?

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

N16 5NE, N16 5HQ, N16 5UG, N16 5EP, N16 5LN, N16 5ES, N16 5HG, N16 5HJ, NW1 4RP, N16 5EW, N16 5, NW1 4

Latest updates

• 23 Oct, 01:22

  Power cut reported

  We are currently experiencing problems with the electricity supply in your area. We are arranging to have engineers investigate the fault. We are sorry we can't give you a time for the restoration of supply at present. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 01:32

  Power cut reported

  We are currently experiencing problems with the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers have attended the fault, and have made an emergency repair to restore power to as many premises as possible. It is our intention to return to make a permanent repair as soon as we can. I'm sorry, but we can't give you a time for this at present. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 01:42

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by LV Fuse Replacement/Linking affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 23-OCT-2026 05:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 04:42

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 23-OCT-2026 05:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 05:12

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this, but we are sorry we can't give you a time for the restoration of supply at present. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 09:04

  Power restored

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this, but we are sorry we can't give you a time for the restoration of supply at present. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 10:59

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this, but we are sorry we can't give you a time for the restoration of supply at present. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 11:09

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 23-OCT-2026 15:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 13:15

  Power restored

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 23-OCT-2026 15:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 23 Oct, 15:21

  Power restored

  We are currently experiencing problems with the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers have attended the fault, and have made an emergency repair to restore power to as many premises as possible. It is our intention to return to make a permanent repair as soon as we can. I'm sorry, but we can't give you a time for this at present. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.