Power cut affecting St Albans 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:

AL1 3YJ, AL1 3XZ, AL1 1LA, AL1 1NG, AL1 3HL, AL1 1LE, AL1 1ER, AL1 1LZ, AL1 3LZ, AL1 1PX, AL1 1, AL1 3

Latest updates

• 30 Oct, 12:54

  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.

• 30 Oct, 13:04

  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.

• 30 Oct, 13:14

  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 30-OCT-2026 17:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 30 Oct, 16:54

  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 30-OCT-2026 17:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 30 Oct, 17:44

  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.