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Power cut affecting London and nearby areas

N22 5NZ, N22 6EB, N22 6DR, N22 8HH, N22 6DS and 7 more postcodes

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

Started

27 Oct, 11:08

Customers affected

~40 (operator's estimate)

Status

Restored 29 Oct, 00:06

Affected area (approximate)

What happened?

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

Which areas are affected?

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

N22 5NZ, N22 6EB, N22 6DR, N22 8HH, N22 6DS, N22 6JS, N22 6YA, N22 5NA, N22 5JP, N22 5, N22 6, N22 8

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Latest updates

  • 27 Oct, 11:14

    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, 11:34

    Power restored

    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, 22:26

    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, 22:46

    Power cut reported

    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, 22:56

    Power cut reported

    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 and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 29-OCT-2026 00:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

  • 29 Oct, 00:16

    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 and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 29-OCT-2026 00:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

  • 29 Oct, 04:38

    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.

This power cut may be eligible for compensation. It ran 12 hours or more with 40 customers still affected at that point, under Ofgem's Guaranteed Standards scheme. See how to make a compensation claim.

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