Restored Ref: INCD-418753-J

Power cut affecting London and nearby areas

Name: Power cut affecting London and nearby areas
Start: 2026-10-23T14:02:28.000Z
End: 2026-10-28T12:25:13.423Z
Location: London

SE16 2HN, SE16 2JJ, SE16 2JL, SE16 2JT, SE16 2JW and 7 more postcodes

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

Started

23 Oct, 15:02

Status

Restored 28 Oct, 12:25

Affected area (approximate)

What happened?

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

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

SE16 2HN, SE16 2JJ, SE16 2JL, SE16 2JT, SE16 2JW, SE16 2JG, SE16 2JN, SE16 2JE, SE16 2JF, SE16 4DG, SE16 2, SE16 4

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28 Oct, 10:16

Power restored

We are aware of an incident caused by LV 3rd Party Cable Damage 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.
28 Oct, 12:36

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.
28 Oct, 13:26

Power restored

We have repaired the problem with the electricity supply in your area. There may still be some tidying up to do, and any details have been passed to our Maintenance department, who will attend to it as soon as possible. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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