Power cut affecting Westcliff-On-Sea and nearby areas

What happened?

A fault occurred on a piece of our electrical equipment which controls the power to your home.

Which areas are affected?

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

SS1 1PJ, SS0 7JN, SS0 7JW, SS0 7JZ, SS0 7JG, SS0 7JX, SS0 7JY, SS0 7JF, SS0 7PL, SS0 7PG, SS0 7PX, SS0 7PR, SS0 7PJ, SS0 7, SS1 1

Latest updates

• 26 Oct, 15:52

  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.

• 26 Oct, 16:22

  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 and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 26-OCT-2026 20:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 26 Oct, 17:54

  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, 19:39

  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.

• 26 Oct, 20:49

  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 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.

• 26 Oct, 21:29

  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, 21:44

  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.