ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DISRUPTION

Singapore, 18 September 2018 – Electricity supply to parts of Singapore was disrupted at about 1.18 am today. Supply was fully restored within 38 minutes, by 1.56 am today. (Timing updated)

We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank the public for their patience.

About 146,797 residential and commercial customers were affected.

Our officers were immediately deployed to the affected areas and our priority was to restore supply as safely and quickly as possible. The areas affected were Boon Lay, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Jurong, Pandan Loop, Aljunied, Geylang, Tanjong Rhu, Mountbatten, Kembangan, Bedok, East Coast, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Thomson, Mandai, Admiralty, Sembawang and Woodlands.

In our preliminary findings, the disruption was due to partial loss of supply from two power generation units.

Our investigations are ongoing.