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Power cuts right now

15 outages past the 12-hour line, 8 past 24 hours, 5 past 48 hours. About 163 customers. Updated (UK time).

Electricity North West's feed has not been updated since Sun 8 Nov, 09:46. Its figures stop at that time: newer cuts are missing, and its cuts may have lasted longer than shown. Check again later.

Past 48 hours

Every rule pays by now, including severe weather category 2.

  • 164 hours Enfield, UK Power Networks

    1 customer. Postcode sectors N17 0, N17 8. Logged Mon 2 Nov, 15:43.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £640; severe weather category 1: £1,125; category 2: £945.

    A fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable affecting the local area, we may have to dig up the road to carry out repairs.

    Reference INCD-644370-Z. How to claim from UK Power Networks

  • 141 hours East Midlands, National Grid Electricity Distribution

    1 customer. Postcode sectors NN18 8. Logged Tue 3 Nov, 15:00.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £550; severe weather category 1: £945; category 2: £765.

    Lv Damage

    Reference INCD-142961-h. How to claim from National Grid Electricity Distribution

  • 136 hours Aylesbury, UK Power Networks

    1 customer. Postcode sectors HP18 0. Logged Tue 3 Nov, 19:18.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £550; severe weather category 1: £900; category 2: £720.

    Due to a faulty piece of high voltage network equipment we've had to turn off your power.

    Reference INCD-644756-Z. How to claim from UK Power Networks

  • 70 hours Harold Hill, UK Power Networks

    1 customer. Postcode sectors RM11 1. Logged Fri 6 Nov, 14:02.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £280; severe weather category 1: £405; category 2: £225.

    A fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable affecting the local area, we may have to dig up the road to carry out repairs.

    Reference INCD-645452-Z. How to claim from UK Power Networks

  • 65 hours Yorkshire, Northern Powergrid

    133 customers. Postcode sectors HU6 9. Logged Fri 6 Nov, 18:31. Operator's latest estimate: back by Mon 9 Nov, 12:15.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £280; severe weather category 1: £360; category 2: £180.

    We've had to switch off the power for safety purposes whilst our engineers work on the cables and equipment that serves your area. We appreciate your patience and understanding

    Reference INCD-834294-A. How to claim from Northern Powergrid

Past 24 hours

Normal faults, large incidents and severe weather category 1 pay from here.

  • 26 hours East Midlands, National Grid Electricity Distribution

    1 customer. Postcode sectors LN3 4. Logged Sun 8 Nov, 09:25.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £145; severe weather category 1: £90.

    Lv Underground

    Reference INCD-143485-h. How to claim from National Grid Electricity Distribution

  • 26 hours North Wirral, SP Energy Networks

    Postcode sectors CH43 0, CH43 3. Logged Sun 8 Nov, 09:58.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £145; severe weather category 1: £90.

    Reference INCD-695878-r. How to claim from SP Energy Networks

  • 25 hours North Wirral, SP Energy Networks

    Postcode sectors CH60 3, CH60 8, CH64 3, CH64 6. Logged Sun 8 Nov, 10:21.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £145; severe weather category 1: £90.

    Reference INCD-695896-r. How to claim from SP Energy Networks

Past 12 hours

Normal-weather faults pay from 12 hours; storms do not yet.

  • 22 hours North East, Northern Powergrid

    4 customers. Postcode sectors NE5 3. Logged Sun 8 Nov, 13:19. Operator's latest estimate: back by Mon 9 Nov, 15:00.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £100.

    The power cut affecting your property has been caused by an unexpected problem with the cables or equipment that serve your area. If you need to report an emergency, please call 105

    Reference INCD-834765-A. How to claim from Northern Powergrid

  • 21 hours AB51, SSEN Distribution

    6 customers. Postcode sectors AB51 3, AB51 5. Logged Sun 8 Nov, 14:51. Operator's latest estimate: back by Mon 9 Nov, 14:30.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £100.

    Reference UH3900. How to claim from SSEN Distribution

  • 18 hours Kingston Zone, UK Power Networks

    2 customers. Postcode sectors GU1 1. Logged Sun 8 Nov, 17:47.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £100.

    A fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable affecting the local area, we may have to dig up the road to carry out repairs.

    Reference INCD-468685-G. How to claim from UK Power Networks

  • 12 hours HP13, SSEN Distribution

    13 customers. Postcode sectors HP13 6. Logged Mon 9 Nov, 00:07. Operator's latest estimate: back by Mon 9 Nov, 16:00.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £100.

    Reference UH4110. How to claim from SSEN Distribution

Approaching 12 hours

Not past a line yet. These are the ones to watch.

  • 9 hours East Midlands, National Grid Electricity Distribution

    5 customers. Postcode sectors CV11 6. Logged Mon 9 Nov, 02:51. Operator's latest estimate: back by Mon 9 Nov, 15:00.

    Hv Overhead

    Reference INCD-143535-h. How to claim from National Grid Electricity Distribution

  • 7 hours Enfield, UK Power Networks

    107 customers. Postcode sectors N15 3. Logged Mon 9 Nov, 04:41. Operator's latest estimate: back by Mon 9 Nov, 17:00.

    A fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable affecting the local area, we may have to dig up the road to carry out repairs.

    Reference INCD-645791-Z. How to claim from UK Power Networks

  • 6 hours OX25, SSEN Distribution

    2 customers. Postcode sectors OX25 2. Logged Mon 9 Nov, 05:41. Operator's latest estimate: back by Mon 9 Nov, 14:00.

    Reference UH4241. How to claim from SSEN Distribution

Recently restored, past 12 hours

Power is back, and the time off still counts. Payments are usually automatic; ask within three months if nothing arrives.

  • 13 hours Ayr South, SP Energy Networks

    Postcode sectors KA18 1. Logged Sun 8 Nov, 22:27, restored Mon 9 Nov, 23:40.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £100.

    Reference INCD-1456183-s. How to claim from SP Energy Networks

  • 13 hours Lanark Central, SP Energy Networks

    Postcode sectors ML1 4. Logged Sun 8 Nov, 01:48, restored Sun 8 Nov, 15:00.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £100.

    Reference INCD-1455901-s. How to claim from SP Energy Networks

  • 14 hours Liverpool South, SP Energy Networks

    Postcode sectors L3 8. Logged Sat 7 Nov, 18:18, restored Sun 8 Nov, 09:03.

    Per household, if the operator classes it as normal weather: £100.

    Reference INCD-695800-r. How to claim from SP Energy Networks

Not shown: 30 shorter cuts under 6 hours, planned work, 20 records with no customers currently off, and 25 records open for more than a week (probably repair jobs, not continuous time off supply).

Where this comes from

The operators' own open feeds, read every ten minutes. Hours are counted from the time the operator logged the fault to the latest reading of its feed, or to the restoration time where the operator gives one. If a feed cannot be read, its hours stop at the last good reading, and this page says so. Restoration times are the operators' own estimates, and they often change in storms. The operator, not this site, decides whether the weather counted as severe and what is paid. How the counting works and its limits.

  • UK Power Networks: 83 records, fetched Mon 9 Nov, 12:08. UK Power Networks, Live Faults, https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/ukpn-live-faults/ (CC BY 4.0).
  • National Grid Electricity Distribution: 45 records, fetched Mon 9 Nov, 12:08. Supported by NGED Open Data (NGED Open Data Licence).
  • Northern Powergrid: 34 records, fetched Mon 9 Nov, 12:08. Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data (Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0).
  • SSEN Distribution: 49 records, fetched Mon 9 Nov, 12:08. SSEN Distribution, Real Time Outage Dataset, CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
  • SP Energy Networks: 41 records, fetched Mon 9 Nov, 12:00. SP Energy Networks, National Energy Outage (NEO) Data, CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Electricity North West: no new reading, last good Sun 8 Nov, 09:46; its figures stop there. SP Electricity North West, Operational Data: Live Incidents, CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Electricity North West's feed gives each cut as a point on a map, at the switch that cut it off, with no postcodes. So its cuts are named after the nearest postcode district, which may be a few miles from the homes affected. SP Energy Networks' feed does not say how many customers each cut affects, so the customer counts leave its cuts out. Follow the crossings as they happen on the feed.