Crimea an hour remained without electricity from-for heats in the Kuban
MOSCOW, 28 Aug — RIA Novosti. Crimea was left without electricity on Friday afternoon due to the heat wave in the Kuban — was happened the emergency disconnecting of transmission lines of the power bridge, according to the Ministry of energy.
The supply of electricity to the Peninsula were able to resume quickly — already after an hour after the first messages about failures that all lines supplying Crimea were included.
The energy Ministry promises that the supply of energy to all consumers of the Crimea will be restored soon.
Blame the heat
The original source in the government of the Crimea reported about disruptions in energy supply in major cities of the Peninsula, as Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yalta, Feodosia, Evpatoria.
However, some time later the Minister of fuel and energy of Ukraine Vadim Belik said about a complete power outage on the Peninsula, explaining that the actuation of emergency control automatics in the Krasnodar region. The energy Ministry in turn stated that the reason for the shortage of electricity in the Crimea, according to preliminary information, was the shutdown of four power lines of the power bridge.
The Agency noted that “on 28 July at 13.55 (according to preliminary information “the System operator of the Unified energy system of Russia” (UES) passed out four high-voltage lines (HVL) 220 kV providing power flow to the Crimean power system”.
According to the Ministry of energy, the power system of the Crimea and Sevastopol began working in isolation with lack of power about 1 thousand MW. The Ministry said that the power outage occurred on the transmission line in the Krasnodar region because of the unusually intense heat.