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Power cut affecting London and nearby areas

Name: Power cut affecting London and nearby areas
Start: 2026-10-23T02:21:18.000Z
End: 2026-10-24T11:58:12.073Z
Location: London

SE11 4EZ, SE11 4EP, SE11 4DY, SE11 4DP, SE11 4QE and 8 more postcodes

UK Power Networks Looking after the electricity network in this area.

Started

23 Oct, 03:21

Customers affected

~1 (operator's estimate)

Status

Restored 24 Oct, 12:58

Affected area (approximate)

What happened?

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

Which areas are affected?

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

SE11 4EZ, SE11 4EP, SE11 4DY, SE11 4DP, SE11 4QE, SE11 4UZ, SE11 4DF, SE11 4UT, SE11 4XA, SE11 4DH, SE11 4HF, SE11 4AW, SE11 4

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Latest updates

23 Oct, 04:52

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, 05:02

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, 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, 05:12

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network 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 09:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
23 Oct, 06:52

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network 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 12:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
23 Oct, 11:19

Power restored

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network 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 12:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
23 Oct, 12:32

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network 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 16:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
23 Oct, 16:01

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network 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 20:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
23 Oct, 20:24

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 24-OCT-2026 00:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
23 Oct, 21:14

Power restored

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 24-OCT-2026 00:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
24 Oct, 00:01

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 24-OCT-2026 02:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
24 Oct, 02:01

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 24-OCT-2026 07:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
24 Oct, 07:36

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 24-OCT-2026 11:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
24 Oct, 12:36

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network 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.
24 Oct, 13:06

Power restored

We are aware of an incident caused by LV UG Network 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.
24 Oct, 15:58

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.

This power cut may be eligible for compensation. It ran 12 hours or more with 32 customers still affected at that point, under Ofgem's Guaranteed Standards scheme. See how to make a compensation claim.

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