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To do: Check the trip switches on your consumer unit (fuse box): if one is off, unplug your appliances and reset it.
To do: It trips again? Switch the trip switches back on one at a time to find the faulty circuit.
To do: Do your neighbours have power? If so, the fault is in your home's wiring: call an electrician.
To do: Whole street without power? Check UK Power Networks' live power cut map or call 105.

SourceTrip switches

UK Power Networks network

ukpowernetworks.co.ukUpdated 28/09/2026

UK Power Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in London, the South East and the East of England under three licences. It carries power but does not sell it: customers pay their supplier. ENGIE bought the company in May 2026.

Electricity network

Activities: Distribution
Customers: 8.5 M· homes and businesses, 2024/25
Smart meters: 75%· GB homes, fitted by suppliers
Minutes lost: 25.6 min· per customer, 2024/25
Interruptions: 34.4· per 100 customers, 2024/25
Network length: 192,039 km· three quarters underground
Coverage: 3 regions

London
South East
East of England

29,250 km² from the Wash to the Kent coast, about 19 million people. Reliability figures exclude exceptional events and are provisional.

SourceUK Power Networks · annual review 2024/25 Ofgem · RIIO-2 electricity distribution annual report 2024-25 ENGIE · acquisition of UK Power Networks DESNZ · smart meters in Great Britain, June 2026

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