Power has been fully restored across the Czech Republic following a widespread blackout that disrupted electricity supplies to Prague, parts of eastern Bohemia, and several northern and central regions, including Liberec, Ústí nad Labem, and the Central Bohemian Region.

According to ČEPS, the national transmission system operator, all substations are now operational, and electricity distribution is gradually stabilizing across the affected areas. The outage struck around midday on Friday, causing extensive disruptions in both residential and public infrastructure.

In Prague, large areas went dark, with two-thirds of the city temporarily without electricity. “The outage primarily hit the right bank of the Vltava River,” said Jan Bílek, spokesperson for Pražská energetika (PRE), in a statement to Czech Television.

Substations in Malešice and Chodov were among those knocked offline. For a brief period, Řeporyje was the only operational substation serving the capital. By around 2:15 p.m., ČEPS confirmed that all Prague-area substations were back online.

PRE’s Petr Holubec reported that by 2:30 p.m., most districts in Prague had their power restored. He acknowledged that some outer areas, including Letňany and Černý Most, might have experienced delays, but were also expected to be reconnected shortly.

However, as of 2:50 p.m., households in Vršovice and Strašnice were still experiencing outages.

In the Liberec region, electricity restoration took longer, with parts of the Česká Lípa district still without power even after 3 p.m. ČEPS has yet to provide a definitive explanation for the system failure but indicated that a transmission network disruption was the root cause, triggering a chain reaction that knocked out most substations.

Energy specialists say it will take additional time to analyze the incident fully. In the meantime, ČEPS crews and regional distributors remain on high alert to monitor the grid and prevent any further instability.

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