La Palma blackout: Red Eléctrica reports supply restored
Red Eléctrica reports that electricity supply on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands was restored at 10:26 island time on 2 November 2026. The Canary Islands government had reported a complete loss of supply at 06:42 and activated the PLATECA emergency plan at alert level from 07:30. The underlying cause and exact affected-customer total remain unverified.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · Red Eléctrica reports La Palma electricity supply restored at 10:26 island time on 2 November; root cause remains unverified.
Source moment: Nov 2, 2026, 10:35 AM UTC (10:35 AM local time)
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Red Eléctrica reports electricity supply restored at 10:26 island time.
The Canary Islands government reports a complete loss of supply and PLATECA alert activation.
Onset accounts differ; no single measured outage duration or verified root cause is established.
Restoration reported at 10:26 island time
Red Eléctrica’s restoration announcement was published at 10:35:10 UTC on 2 November. It states that La Palma electricity supply was restored at 10:26 island time. In the Canary Islands on this date, local time matches UTC. The stated restoration time and the later publication time are separate milestones.
The report is attributed to the electricity system operator. It has not been independently checked at every address, and the scanner record contains no verified total of affected customers. It also establishes no specific interruption to a hospital or another critical service. Those details cannot be inferred from the description of an island-wide loss of supply.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Reported area
- La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain; affected-customer total unverified
- Latest operator report
- Red Eléctrica reports electricity supply restored
- Reported restoration
- 2 November 2026, 10:26 island time / UTC
Government alert and uncertain onset
The Canary Islands government places the complete loss of electricity supply at 06:42 local time on 2 November and says the PLATECA alert was activated from 07:30. The checked record also preserves a differing 06:38 onset account from Red Eléctrica. The discrepancy remains unresolved, so these accounts are not combined into a single measured outage duration.
The underlying cause has not been established in the verified record. A storm occurring around the same period would not by itself establish that weather caused this interruption. The government’s alert activation is a reported emergency-management action, not evidence of a specific technical failure. The electricity restoration statement also does not establish that the PLATECA alert was subsequently lifted.
Planning essential backup power
For household planning, the grid-down essentials guide covers essential backup needs, the internet backup guide covers connectivity, and the runtime calculator helps compare battery capacity with device demand. These resources support preparation; they do not verify supply at an individual address or predict another interruption.