Power restored to Male’ and Hulhumale’ after near one-hour outage

Power has been restored after parts of Male’ City and Hulhumale suffered an outage on Thursday afternoon, less than a week after a blackout left tens of thousands of people living in the populous Maldivian capital without electricity for nearly three hours.

The latest power outage hit the Maldivian capital just after 12:30 pm.

State Electric Company (STELCO) confirmed the disruption of electricity services in parts of Male’ City and Hulhumale’ shortly after, attributing it to a “technical issue”.

The state utility company announced the restoration of powers to all affected areas at 01:50 pm.

STELCO apologized for the inconvenience it caused customers, and asked anyone who still hasn’t got power back to call STELCO’s hotline 104.

ކަރަންޓުގެ ހިދުމަތް މެދުކެނޑެން ދިމާވި މައްސަލަ ހައްލުކޮށް، ހިދުމަތް މެދުކެނޑުނު މާލެއާއި ހުޅުމާލޭގެ ހުރިހާ ސަރަހައްދަކަށް މިހާރު ވަނީ އަލުން ކަރަންޓު ދެވިފައި. ހިދުމަތް ނުލިބޭ އެއްވެސް ކަސްޓަމަރެއްވާނަމަ، ސްޓެލްކޯގެ ހޮޓްލައިން 104 އަށް ގުޅުއްވުން އެދެން. ދިމާވި ދަތިތަކަށް…

— STELCO (@STELCOMALDIVES) August 14, 2025

The latest power outage in the capital came after a blackout on Saturday that left people in Male’ and Hulhumale’ without electricity for nearly three hours, and two months after another total blackout in the capital that lasted nearly six hours.

Speaking to Sun after the outage on Saturday, STELCO’s managing director Hassan Fahmy said the company had identified the cause of the outage, and was working on “sorting it out.”

However, he declined to say anything beyond confirming it was a “technical issue.”

When questioned about the reason for the recurrence of a similar outage two months later, Fahmy responded that STELCO continuously strives to ensure there’s no recurrence of such incidents.

The previous blackout on June 1 prompted President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu to order a police investigation. However, the findings of this investigation were never publicly disclosed.