Outage Resolved

Power Outage: About 1,000 Vienna Households Affected

The power outage struck a Bipa store in Währing at an inopportune time. Shopping carts temporarily blocked the store’s entrance.(Bild: Matthias Fuchs)

A technical malfunction at a substation caused a power outage on Monday in Vienna’s Währing district. Wiener Netze worked around the clock to resolve the issue. Power was gradually restored. After just under two hours, all affected areas were back online.

For many households in Währing, the afternoon suddenly meant “lights out.” According to Wiener Netze, the outage occurred at 3:09 p.m. A spokesperson stated that it was triggered by a ground fault—a type of short circuit—in a nearby substation. This activated the power grid’s protective mechanism, leading to the temporary outage.

Areas around Gersthof and Gürtel affected
About 1,000 households were affected, as the grid operator told the “Krone.” The affected area stretched from Windmühlhöhe along Peter-Jordan-Straße near the Döbling Cemetery to the surrounding areas of Gersthof around the Pablo Neruda Monument. Areas near Türkenschanzplatz were also temporarily without power.

Another area in Währing near the Währinger Gürtel, near the Old AKH, was also affected. The outage extended from Martinstraße near Anton-Baumann-Park, along Klostergasse near Ebner-Eschenbach-Park, to parts of Schopenhauerstraße. Power outages occurred there as well.

Power is being restored gradually
Two cables were damaged in the ground fault. Wiener Netze worked around the clock toresolve the issue and gradually reconnected the affected areas to the grid. After just under two hours, the company announced on its website that the situation was under control.