Overview
- About 30,000 households and roughly 1,700 businesses remain offline, with Stromnetz Berlin aiming to restore service to all customers by Thursday after reconnecting around 14,000 to 15,000.
- The Generalstaatsanwaltschaft leads a multi-agency probe into the suspected linksextremist 'Vulkangruppe' after a detailed online claim judged credible, while the federal prosecutor monitors whether to take over.
- Emergency support includes Bundeswehr and THW logistics and generators, reopened mobile sites, shelters and warming centers, and restored power to major hospitals and most care homes.
- Disruptions persist with around 20 schools closed, S-Bahn lines S1 and S7 affected, and the mayor estimating roughly 100,000 people have been impacted since Saturday.
- Political scrutiny intensifies over crisis readiness after prior warnings from the state audit office, as Berlin officials propose tighter protection and less public detail on sensitive grid assets and the tenants’ union confirms rent reductions are lawful during such outages.