Live power cuts across Great Britain from every electricity network operator, on one map. If your power is off, call 105 to report it or get an update. In an emergency, call 999.
Power cuts in the UK now
updated 13 Nov 08:55
Power cuts nowNormal
Customers off supply14,309on unplanned cuts
Unplanned cuts open6322 opened in the last hour
Largest cut6,888customers, BN6 (UKPN)
Normal means fewer than 20,000 customers off on unplanned cuts nationally; widespread from 20,000; severe from 100,000. 56 planned outages are also open. The map below shows every open cut; the overview map only marks postcode areas where cuts are serious or widespread.
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Power cuts now
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Customers affected
Dashed edge: planned, or placed at the district centre.
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Boundaries: Office for National Statistics, OGL v3. Postcode areas are approximate.
Power cuts: last 7 and 30 days
Unplanned incidents only, by the day they started (UTC). SP Energy Networks publishes no customer counts.
Incidents opened per day
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Customers affected per day (max reported per incident)
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Customers off supply over time (unplanned, per poll)
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Duration of closed incidents, hours
median90th percentile (one in ten lasts longer)
Incidents opened per day
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Customers affected per day (max reported per incident)
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Customers off supply over time (unplanned, per poll)
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Duration of closed incidents, hours
median90th percentile (one in ten lasts longer)
National detailPower cuts
Power cuts
GREEN · Normalas of 2026-11-13 08:55 UTC (2 min ago)
Customers off supply
14,309
24 h +7,100 · 7 d +10,614
Open unplanned incidents
63
24 h +2 · 7 d +19
Opened in the last hour
22
Largest open incident
6,888 customers
Planned outages open
56
Outage history held
16 days
Covers the operators listed under By operator; Electricity North West is not collected. SP Energy Networks publishes no customer counts.
Unplanned incidents first seen per day
By operator
Operator
Open unplanned
Customers
Planned open
Time last poll
UKPN
26
11,895
7
13 Nov 08:55
NGED
7
1,525
15
13 Nov 08:55
SSEN
17
465
9
13 Nov 08:55
NPG
6
424
24
13 Nov 08:55
SPEN
7
0
1
13 Nov 08:55
Largest open incidents
Operator
District
Customers
Time started
Cause
UKPN
BN6
6,888
13 Nov 08:03
An underground electricity cable has faulted on our high voltage netwo
UKPN
RH12
3,136
13 Nov 07:31
An underground electricity cable has faulted on our high voltage netwo
UKPN
KT15
1,361
13 Nov 05:16
An underground electricity cable has faulted on our high voltage netwo
NGED
GL5
613
13 Nov 07:11
HV GENERIC
NGED
EX21
582
13 Nov 07:42
HV OVERHEAD
UKPN
PE19
319
13 Nov 08:13
We're investigating a high voltage overhead electricity line fault whi
NGED
LE15
309
13 Nov 03:13
HV OVERHEAD
SSEN
OX26
220
13 Nov 04:27
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NPG
NE5
104
13 Nov 02:44
The power cut affecting your property has been caused by an unexpected
NPG
DN12
91
13 Nov 08:49
The power cut affecting your property has been caused by an unexpected