Power cut affecting Chigwell and nearby areas

What happened?

Due to a faulty piece of underground network equipment we had to turn off your power.

Which areas are affected?

This incident is reported as affecting the following postcodes:

IG7 5HZ, IG7 5QB, IG7 5JA, IG7 5QA, IG7 5PZ, IG7 5GT, IG7 5JB, IG7 5

Latest updates

• 01 Nov, 19:15

  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.

• 01 Nov, 19:25

  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 01-NOV-2026 23:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 01 Nov, 21:15

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 01-NOV-2026 23:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 01 Nov, 22:25

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 02-NOV-2026 03:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 02 Nov, 02:35

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this and we estimate that most supplies will be restored by 02-NOV-2026 07:00. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

• 02 Nov, 06:55

  Power cut reported

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this, but 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.

• 02 Nov, 07:05

  Power restored

  We are aware of an incident caused by Link Box Fault affecting the electricity supply in your area. Our engineers are dealing with this, but 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.

• 02 Nov, 08:35

  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.

• 02 Nov, 09:55

  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.