Residents of l’Esquerra de l’Eixample experienced a power outage this morning that lasted about 45 minutes, around 11 a.m. At roughly the same time, there was also a brief power outage in Sants. During those minutes without power, and with the memory of the major nationwide blackout on April 28 still fresh, Twitter users in the city were wondering what was happening and if they were the only ones affected.
In recent days, other parts of Barcelona have experienced recurring power outages of undetermined duration, marking an increase in isolated incidents, according to La Vanguardia.
Although these outages are usually resolved relatively quickly, it’s always helpful to know how to check which areas are affected by a power outage, so you can verify whether the outage has occurred in your own home, in the building, in the neighborhood, or even throughout the entire city.
An easy way to find out where power outages are occurring in real time, both within and outside Barcelona, is to check the online outage map at edistribucion.com. This interactive map shows the location of all power outages currently occurring in Spain at the time of your search.
It also provides other useful information, such as the number of customers affected by each outage and the estimated time until service is restored.
Just one year after the blackout, this map proves more useful and necessary than ever: this Thursday, April 30, 2026, a new power outage has rocked Barcelona, leaving 90,000 people without power and causing many others to wonder if they’ll need to turn to this app again to find out when the power will come back (or stop coming) to their homes.
