Paris Has Been Hit By A Massive Blackout

• 20.11.2025, 18:14

170,000 homes were left without power, the subway stopped.

Paris and its suburbs experienced a large-scale power outage on the morning of November 20, the Sky News television channel reported, citing the state electricity grid operator RTE. The technical incident at a substation in Issy-les-Moulineaux, southwest of the French capital, left about 170,000 households without electricity for some time, also halting the work of some branches of the metro and suburban trains, as well as shutting down traffic lights, intercoms and street lighting.

The RTE reported that specialists managed to restore electricity to 112,000 subscribers in and around Paris within five minutes - by 6:38 a.m. Paris time. However, as of 7:50 a.m., several thousand homes remained without light. Power supply was not fully restored until 9:20, RTE reported. A spokesperson for the operator said the exact cause of the incident remains unknown and an investigation is underway. The previous blackout, which covered most of the Iberian Peninsula, southern regions of France, Andorra and Morocco, occurred in April 2025.