Power cut affecting Bedford 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:

MK43 0EU, MK43 0EY, MK43 0EX, MK43 0EW, MK43 0ET, MK43 0JP, MK43 0EN, MK43 0EP, MK43 0

Latest updates

• 29 Oct, 15:44

  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.

• 29 Oct, 15:54

  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 29-OCT-2026 19:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 29 Oct, 16:43

  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.