Power cut affecting Canterbury and nearby areas

What happened?

We had to turn off power in your area so our engineers could safely carry out emergency repairs to the network.

Which areas are affected?

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

CT4 7PH, TN23 5FH, CT2 9BH, CT4 7HG, CT4 7HQ, CT4 7HH, CT4 7HL, CT4 7HB, CT4 7HN, CT4 7HF, CT4 7HR, CT4 7HP, CT4 7HS, CT4 7LG, CT4 7BN, CT4 5RT, CT4 5RU, CT4 5RP, CT4 5RS, CT4 5RR, CT4 5QW, CT4 5QR, CT4 5RN, CT4 5RJ, CT4 5RL, CT4 5RA, CT4 5QY, CT4 5RX, CT4 5QZ, CT4 5RB, CT4 5PS, CT4 5RG, CT4 5RQ, CT4 5RY, CT4 5BQ, CT4 5SB, CT4 7EU, CT4 5SQ, CT4 5SS, CT4 5SW, CT4 5SG, CT4 5SL, CT4 5SH, CT4 5SD, CT4 5SJ, CT4 5SR, CT4 7ET, CT4 7ES, CT4 7EL, CT4 7EH, CT4 5QT, CT4 5QU, CT4 5RE, CT4 5QX, CT4 5RD, CT4 5NN, CT4 5NL, CT4 5PP, CT4 5PJ, CT4 5PG, CT4 5PW, CT4 5PH, CT4 5PR, CT4 6EW, CT4 6EN, CT4 6EP, CT4 6EJ, CT4 6ED, CT4 6EB, CT4 7EP, CT4 7ER, CT4 5SA, CT4 5RZ, CT4 5SN, CT4 5NP, CT4 6EL, CT4 5PN, CT4 5PL, CT4 6DY, CT4 6DX, CT4 6EA, CT4 5RH, CT4 5WD, CT4 5WE, CT2 9, CT4 5, CT4 6, CT4 7, TN23 5

Latest updates

• 26 Oct, 20:09

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV OH Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 26-OCT-2026 21:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 26 Oct, 21:34

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV OH Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 27-OCT-2026 00:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 27 Oct, 01:10

  Power restored

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV OH Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 27-OCT-2026 00:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 27 Oct, 01:30

  Power restored

  We are aware of an incident caused by Emergency Isolation affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 27-OCT-2026 00:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 27 Oct, 01:50

  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.

• 27 Oct, 03:10

  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.