Overview
- Interior Senator Iris Spranger ended the major-incident status, saying power in Steglitz‑Zehlendorf is stable after the multi-day outage.
- Stromnetz Berlin reports two temporary high‑voltage lines are carrying the load and warns full reconstruction of the damaged network will take months.
- Police are guarding sensitive grid sites with four riot units and plainclothes patrols, while police unions criticize reliance on policing instead of hardened infrastructure.
- The German Städtetag and the VKU urge a federal Blackout‑Reserve of mobile generators; the Interior Ministry cites BBK reserve planning and says states and municipalities hold primary responsibility.
- Authorities counted more than 13,000 responders across police, fire, THW, Bundeswehr and aid groups, and municipalities nationwide are reviewing blackout contingency plans.