Overview
- Full supply returned earlier than projected on Wednesday at 14:10 after round‑the‑clock repairs by about 170 technicians with Bundeswehr support, following an outage that at peak hit 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses, affecting roughly 100,000 people.
- The grid is running on a provisional connection with generators on site as permanent cable replacements and added redundancy are scheduled to take weeks or months.
- Karlsruhe’s Federal Prosecutor is pursuing suspicions of membership in a terrorist organization, anti‑constitutional sabotage, arson, and disruption of public services, with no arrests announced.
- Berlin plans to expand surveillance of vulnerable overground lines with cameras and sensor systems after the attack exposed weaknesses; about 1% of the city’s 35,000‑kilometer network is above ground.
- Schools in the affected district remain closed through the week while heating systems are checked and aid points stay open, an 83‑year‑old was found dead in the outage area with no confirmed link to the blackout, and political criticism has intensified over Mayor Kai Wegner’s initial response and a reported tennis outing.