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Power outage in Munich: 5,700 households affected - repairs underway!
A power outage in Munich on July 17, 2025 affected over 5,000 households. The cause was cable errors, which were quickly corrected.
Power outage in Munich: 5,700 households affected - repairs underway!
In Munich, a significant power outage on Wednesday evening, July 16, 2025, caused longer faces. Over 5,000 households in the east of the city were affected after two cable faults interrupted power supply. The Stadtwerke München (SWM) immediately informed about the incident and sent its employees to repair the defects. After just three hours, most of the 5,700 affected households had power again, and shortly after 1:00 a.m. the last household had power again. The first cable error was completely resolved. Work on the second cable error is still ongoing, but in the current situation it is not putting a strain on the power supply, as stern.de reports.
But what exactly led to this incident? A spokeswoman for the municipal utility company confirmed that extensive repair work was necessary to resolve the problem. This could only be done by “digging up” the affected cables, although the duration of the repair was initially unclear. What's interesting is that it wasn't just Munich that was affected; The previous Tuesday there was already a power outage in Bamberg, where thousands of households were also without power, caused by a fault in a substation, as the BR reported.
Power outages in context
Power outages are not just an issue in Germany, but a serious problem worldwide. They can be caused by various factors: from natural disasters to technical failures to human error. The challenge for power supply is becoming ever greater, especially in connection with the growing demand for electricity. In 2020, the International Energy Agency (IEA) classified numerous types of power outages, highlighting the complexity of the matter. An example of massive consequences was the Northeastern Blackout in 2003, in which up to 50 million people had to survive without electricity for up to four days, as the bpb explains in detail.
The consequences of power outages also include economic losses, healthcare disruptions, and compromised public safety. In this context, it is important that municipal utilities and other providers regularly maintain and modernize their systems to prevent future failures.
The current incident in Munich shows once again how important a reliable power supply is for our everyday lives. The municipal utilities are required not only to find temporary solutions, but also to invest in the infrastructure in the long term in order to be able to meet future challenges.