Maintenance work in Borkheide: There is a risk of short-term power interruptions!
Potsdam-Mittelmark: Maintenance work on June 18, 2025 in Borkheide can cause power outages. Information about the malfunction here.

Maintenance work in Borkheide: There is a risk of short-term power interruptions!
In Borkheide, Brandenburg, planned maintenance by E.DIS Netz GmbH is causing temporary power outages today that could leave affected households dark for a few hours. Loud news.de The maintenance work takes place within a radius of approximately one kilometer around the street Im Kuckuckswinkel in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district. The work will begin at 8:00 a.m. this morning and is expected to last until 10:00 a.m.
Although Borkheide is without power for only a few minutes per year on average, today's maintenance can cause localized low-voltage disruptions. It remains to be hoped that the constant efforts to maintain the regional power grid do not endanger the stability of the supply. E.DIS plans this maintenance work to prevent possible problems, shares netze-ffo.de with.
What to do if there are problems?
For residents affected by power outages, the message now is to stay calm! First you should check whether the neighbors are also in the dark or whether the problem may only lie in your own apartment. It is also advisable to visit the network operator's fault reporting page and report any problems directly. E.DIS Netz GmbH has a troubleshooting hotline that anyone can contact in an emergency.
Interestingly, disruptions to the electricity and gas supply are often not only related to the network itself, but can also be caused by technical problems within households. This leads us to the important realization that technical malfunctions are not always due to external influences bundesnetzagentur.de determined, although any external damage cannot be ruled out.
Network stability and challenges
The German power grid is overall quite stable, which has been emphasized again and again in recent years. However, the transmission network is still not fully developed, which can lead to bottlenecks at peak times. This could particularly occur in times of high electricity demand and strong winds, such as those that are common in northern Germany.
That is why redispatch – a measure to regulate and stabilize the network – plays a crucial role. It ensures that in the event of grid bottlenecks, certain electricity producers have to feed less or more electricity into the grid. A system that has proven many times to protect the stability of the entire power grid.
Citizens in Borkheide are well advised to find out about possible changes in the power supply during today's maintenance work and to use the troubleshooting hotline to minimize inconvenience. So let's remain optimistic that the maintenance work will be carried out quickly and without any major problems!