Restored Ref: INCD-643950-Z

Power cut affecting Ipswich and nearby areas

Name: Power cut affecting Ipswich and nearby areas
Start: 2026-10-31T16:22:43.813Z
End: 2026-10-31T17:41:07.420Z
Location: Ipswich

IP6 9LG, IP6 9JY, IP6 9RR, IP6 9JZ, IP6 9RP and 10 more postcodes

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

Started

31 Oct, 16:22

Customers affected

~89 (operator's estimate)

Status

Restored 31 Oct, 17:41

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:

IP6 9LG, IP6 9JY, IP6 9RR, IP6 9JZ, IP6 9RP, IP6 9RL, IP6 9LD, IP6 9BF, IP6 9NL, IP6 9RW, IP6 9JX, IP6 9LF, IP6 9JJ, IP6 9FH, IP6 9

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31 Oct, 16:35

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 19:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
31 Oct, 17:55

Power restored

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 19:30. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
31 Oct, 20:45

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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