Power cut affecting Crawley and nearby areas

What happened?

An underground electricity cable faulted on our high voltage network, causing an area wide power cut.

Which areas are affected?

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

RH10 5NY, RH11 9AB, RH13 6HS, RH13 6HF, RH12 4TA, RH13 6HU, RH13 6HT, RH11 9AS, RH11 9BJ, RH10 5, RH11 9, RH12 4, RH13 6

Latest updates

• 28 Oct, 10:36

  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.

• 28 Oct, 10:46

  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 28-OCT-2026 13:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 28 Oct, 12:16

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV UG Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 28-OCT-2026 13:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 28 Oct, 13:06

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV UG Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 28-OCT-2026 19:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 28 Oct, 14:26

  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.

• 28 Oct, 15:16

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV UG Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 28-OCT-2026 19:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 28 Oct, 18:36

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV UG Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 28-OCT-2026 22:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 28 Oct, 23:26

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV UG Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 29-OCT-2026 00:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 29 Oct, 01:16

  Power restored

  We are aware of an incident caused by 11kV UG Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 29-OCT-2026 00:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 29 Oct, 01:46

  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.