There was a massive power outage affecting 14 districts earlier this morning. The outage occurred just before 11.00am with the last consumers having power restored by 11.33am. Many Main Street traders had to suspend business during a period when the town centre was packed with cruise passengers and other tourists.

The power outage was as the direct result of a transformer failure at the ex –OESCO power station. The exact nature of the fault is still being investigated but the suspect transformer at the ex –OESCO power plant has been isolated and the Gibraltar Electricity Authority do not expect a re- occurrence of this failure. The Gibraltar Electricity Authority has apologised for any inconvenience to the public.