Power cut affecting St Albans 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:

HP3 8LA, HP2 4UE, AL3 6AP, HP2 4UB, HP3 8LB, WD5 0RU, AL2 3NU, AL2 3NN, AL2 3NJ, AL2 3NX, AL3 6AR, WD5 0RZ, WD5 0RY, WD5 0SA, AL2 3NS, WD5 0SD, WD5 0SB, AL2 3NL, AL2 3ET, AL3 7NL, AL3 7NP, AL3 7AS, AL3 7NW, AL3 7NN, AL3 7AQ, AL3 7AN, AL3 7AG, AL3 7EX, AL3 6RJ, HP2 7HS, AL3 6RW, AL3 6RH, AL3 6RE, HP2 7HT, AL3 7AE, AL3 7AP, HP2 7HR, AL3 6RL, AL3 7AJ, AL3 7AL, AL3 7AU, AL3 6RG, AL3 6RF, AL3 7SA, WD5 0FB, AL2 3DD, AL2 3DW, AL2 3DN, AL2 3NY, AL2 3EQ, AL2 3DU, AL2 3DB, AL2 3DF, AL2 3DQ, AL2 3DG, AL2 3HX, AL2 2AB, AL2 3DE, AL2 3HY, AL2 3DH, AL2 2LJ, AL2 3HT, AL2 3HS, AL2 3HU, AL2 3DJ, AL2 2DS, AL2 3DY, AL2 3HP, AL2 3BY, AL2 3DL, AL2 3EE, AL2 3BN, AL2 2, AL2 3, AL3 6, AL3 7, HP2 4, HP2 7, HP3 8, WD5 0

Latest updates

• 25 Oct, 21:54

  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 04:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 26 Oct, 03:44

  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, 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.

• 26 Oct, 04:14

  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.

• 26 Oct, 07:39

  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 10:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 26 Oct, 09:01

  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, 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.

• 26 Oct, 18:54

  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.

• 27 Oct, 01:50

  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.

• 27 Oct, 14:54

  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.

• 27 Oct, 16:04

  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, 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.

• 27 Oct, 18:49

  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, 08:27

  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.

• 28 Oct, 08:51

  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, 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, 14:06

  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, 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.