Power restored after Takasaki outage
TEPCO Power Grid records that power was restored at 13:51 Japan Standard Time on 9 November 2026 after an outage affected about 1,580 premises in Takasaki, Gunma. The utility lists a vehicle collision with its equipment as the cause.
Status of this incident
Restoration confirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · TEPCO records restoration at 13:51 JST on 9 November.
Source moment: Nov 9, 2026, 05:00 AM UTC (02:00 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
TEPCO records an outage from 09:17 to 13:51 JST on 9 November.
About 1,580 premises were affected across five named areas.
TEPCO lists a vehicle collision with its equipment as the cause.
Areas listed by TEPCO
TEPCO Power Grid names Iwahana-machi, Kuragano-machi, Kurisaki-machi, Daishinden-machi (台新田町) and Watanuki-machi in its outage history. The figure of about 1,580 premises is the operator’s combined estimate for the five areas. The table gives no breakdown by neighbourhood, so it cannot show how many premises lost supply on a particular street.
The estimate describes the reported impact during the outage. The count is in premises, which gives no estimate of the number of people affected. The history also gives no separate figures for homes, businesses or public facilities.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Affected city
- Takasaki, Gunma
- Reported impact
- About 1,580 premises across five areas
- Reported restoration
- 9 November, 13:51 JST
When power returned
TEPCO lists the start at 09:17 and restoration at 13:51, both in Japan Standard Time. The operator’s record gives the interval for the outage as a whole. It gives no reconnection times for individual premises.
The outage history shows a 14:00 JST update for the entry. That is the time shown for the update to the record. The same entry gives 13:51 JST as the restoration time.
What the outage record says about the cause
The operator attributes the outage to a vehicle collision with its equipment. The entry gives no location for the collision and does not identify the equipment involved. It does not describe how crews restored service or list any impacts on specific facilities.
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