Around 7,500 people in the three major Saxon cities of Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig had to put up with power cuts in 2025. This means that the number of people affected has increased by almost 2,000 in the space of a year, according to a minor question from the Left Party in the state parliament. Energy suppliers respond to their customers' payment arrears by blocking electricity. The problem has increased significantly in Leipzig in particular.
Up to 15 days without electricity
While the number of disconnections in Dresden fell slightly from 2,373 to 2,112 and Chemnitz from 1,958 to 1,795, the number in Leipzig tripled - from 1,200 to 3,600. In Dresden, those affected were without electricity for an average of one week, while in Leipzig 70 percent of disconnections lasted up to 15 days. As in previous years, data for the districts, the amount of arrears and the number of children under the age of 18 affected were not collected.
