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Power cut affecting London and nearby areas

Name: Power cut affecting London and nearby areas
Start: 2026-10-28T09:16:34.183Z
End: 2026-10-30T06:33:42.520Z
Location: London

N8 8LD, N8 8LA, N8 8NB, N8 7FW, N8 7HP and 8 more postcodes

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

Started

28 Oct, 09:16

Customers affected

~12 (operator's estimate)

Status

Restored 30 Oct, 06:33

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:

N8 8LD, N8 8LA, N8 8NB, N8 7FW, N8 7HP, N8 8LB, N8 8LY, N8 7HL, N8 7HJ, N8 8NA, N8 7HR, N8 7, N8 8

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Latest updates

28 Oct, 09:25

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, 09:36

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 28-OCT-2026 13:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
28 Oct, 11:16

Power restored

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 28-OCT-2026 13:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
28 Oct, 11:36

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.
28 Oct, 11:46

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 28-OCT-2026 13:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
28 Oct, 14:26

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 28-OCT-2026 19:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
28 Oct, 14:36

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 28-OCT-2026 19:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
28 Oct, 18:46

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 28-OCT-2026 19:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
28 Oct, 19:06

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.
28 Oct, 21:06

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.
30 Oct, 06:43

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 28-OCT-2026 19:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
30 Oct, 18:24

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.

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