Restored Ref: INCD-643893-Z

Power cut affecting Luton and nearby areas

Name: Power cut affecting Luton and nearby areas
Start: 2026-10-31T10:48:04.417Z
End: 2026-10-31T17:02:18.417Z
Location: Luton

LU4 8AG, LU4 8AQ, LU4 8AD, LU4 8AA, LU4 8BJ and 7 more postcodes

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

Started

31 Oct, 10:48

Customers affected

~1 (operator's estimate)

Status

Restored 31 Oct, 17:02

Affected area (approximate)

What happened?

We had to turn off power in your area so our engineers could safely carry out emergency repairs to the network.

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

LU4 8AG, LU4 8AQ, LU4 8AD, LU4 8AA, LU4 8BJ, LU4 8BG, LU4 8BL, LU4 8BH, LU4 8BQ, LU4 8BN, LU4 8BW, LU4 8

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31 Oct, 10:55

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.
31 Oct, 12:55

Power cut reported

We are aware of an incident caused by Emergency Isolation affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 31-OCT-2026 14:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
31 Oct, 15:15

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.
31 Oct, 17:15

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.

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