Update 2: Power outages have been reported across Malta and Gozo this afternoon, with power lost at around 1.55pm in Gozo.

Power is starting to be restored across the island, in Gozo the supply was returned at around 5.55pm.

Enemalta said that its engineers and technicians are working to restore electricity supply to all areas in Malta and Gozo following a power outage caused during a maintenance operation.

“At 1355hrs, during preparations for a scheduled maintenance operation, one of the Delimara Power Station’s 132kV switchboards tripped, causing a disruption of supply from all generating units.”

“The Corporation’s electricity generation and distribution sections are currently working to gradually restore supply to all areas. Electricity supply to some areas, including strategic locations such as hospitals, has already been reactivated. All areas are expected to be reconnected to the grid shortly,” Enemalta said.

Update 2:

Enemalta Corporation said that it would like to thank all its employees for working hard to restore electricity supply to all localities, following a power outage on Thursday afternoon.

“All localities in Malta and Gozo, with the exception of a few small areas towards the north of Malta, were reconnected to the grid by 1830hrs. Electricity supply was disrupted at 1355hrs, when a 132kV switchboard tripped during a switching operation ahead of scheduled maintenance works to a transformer at the Delimara Power Station.”

The Corporation said that it immediately put to action its contingency plan prepared for similar situations, with engineers and technicians working to restart the generating units at the Delimara and Marsa power stations. Supply to some areas, including strategic locations such as hospitals and major industrial zones, was restored within half an hour.

Other localities were gradually reconnected to the grid until electricity supply to all localities was restored. The operation was coordinated through the Network Control Room, by the Corporation’s generation and distribution sections.

In the meantime, Enemalta has also launched an internal inquiry, to identify and implement any measures required to avoid similar incidents in the future.

Enemalta regrets any inconvenience caused by this incident. It reiterates its commitment to continue investing in the country’s generation and distribution technologies, for an improved service in the best interest of all its customers.

For further details, customers are encouraged to visit the Enemalta website or contact the Corporation’s Customer Care team on freephone 80072224 or by email on customercare.emc@enemalta.com.mt.

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