Dongen and Rijen power outage resolved after Oosteind station fault
Electricity has been restored after an outage affected Dongen, Rijen and surrounding places in the Netherlands on the morning of 28 October 2026, according to Enexis and the regional safety authority. The authority reports about 21,000 affected connections and locates the fault at the high-voltage station in Oosteind. Recovery times differ between sources.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · Enexis and the safety authority confirm restoration after the Dongen and Rijen outage; reported recovery times differ.
Source moment: Oct 28, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC (11:11 AM local time)
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Enexis lists incident 16293978 as resolved, with more than 10,000 affected addresses.
The regional safety authority reports about 21,000 connections and says all affected connections have power again.
Enexis records an end time of 09:52, the authority says around 09:50, and Omroep Brabant reports around 10:15. Times are local.
Different measures of the affected area
Enexis describes an unexpected electricity outage under reference 16293978 and gives an impact of more than 10,000 addresses. Veiligheidsregio Midden- en West-Brabant, the regional safety authority, describes disruption across Dongen, Rijen and surrounding places, affecting approximately 21,000 connections. The figures retain their original source and unit. They are not added together or converted into a number of people.
The authority places the fault at the high-voltage station in Oosteind. The available evidence does not provide a fully verified list of individual affected addresses. Naming the places does not establish that every connection in each was interrupted. The differing source figures do not establish one final exact total of affected addresses.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Reported area
- Dongen, Rijen, Oosteind and surrounding places
- Reported impact
- Enexis: more than 10,000 addresses; safety authority: approximately 21,000 connections
- Reported fault
- Oosteind station according to the authority; transformer fault according to Omroep Brabant, quoting Enexis
- Restoration
- Confirmed by Enexis and the authority; precise recovery times differ
Restoration confirmed, with timing differences
For 28 October, Enexis records a start at 09:18 and an end at 09:52. The authority gives recovery at about 09:50 and, in its 11:11 update, explicitly says all affected connections have electricity again. Omroep Brabant reports recovery around 10:15. These are local Netherlands times. The accounts are kept separate rather than combined into one precise outage duration.
Omroep Brabant, quoting an Enexis spokesperson, reports a transformer fault and the use of a reserve transformer to resolve the problems. That explanation remains attributed to the local report. The underlying technical cause is still under investigation. The operational end time on the Enexis incident page is separate from the page’s publication time, which is unavailable.
Preparing for an interruption
The grid-down essentials guide helps organise essential devices and supplies. The runtime calculator compares battery capacity with demand from selected devices, while the internet backup guide covers connectivity preparation. These tools do not check current supply at an individual address. The restoration statements above relate to this particular reported incident.