Malta interconnector reported damaged, causing outages with more possible
EIR-1059Provisional entry. Confirmed: a Maltese news report of an outage attributed to a damaged interconnector in December 2019. Not yet known: which interconnector, the cause and extent of the damage, customers affected and repair timeline. Next update: 20 September 2026.
A short news report from Malta stated that a damaged interconnector had caused a power outage and warned that further outages could occur while the damage persisted. Only the headline and feed summary were available, so the identity of the interconnector, the cause and extent of the damage, the number of customers affected and the repair timeline are not reported in the material reviewed.
Not reported in the available material.
- Interconnectors linking island or peripheral grids to larger networks can be a single point of failure whose loss affects large numbers of customers.
- Operators of such systems should confirm that contingency generation or storage is available to cover an extended interconnector outage.
- Where a fault may recur, early public notice of the risk of further outages helps customers and businesses prepare.
Published 2026-09-18. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.