Overview

• A cable ring in eastern Munich experienced two nearly simultaneous faults around 17:50 on July 16, cutting power to approximately 5,700 households.
• Stadtwerke München dispatched its security service to isolate the faults and used network switching and emergency generators to restore most customers within three hours.
• The first cable fault has been fully repaired, and work on the second fault continues without impacting the current power supply.
• Tuesday’s substation failure in Bamberg left over 10,000 homes without electricity and highlights recurring weaknesses in Bavaria’s aging distribution network.
• Stadtwerke München maintains round-the-clock monitoring and has accelerated infrastructure assessments to prevent future outages.