The south of Russia, Buryatia and Crimea were partially left without electricity

The south of Russia, Buryatia and Crimea were partially left without electricity Diana Kwasniewskaya

Part of Russia and Crimea without light/Collage 24 Channel (Photo by Russian Media and pixabay)

In temporarily occupied Crimea, temporary power outages were announced. Also without electricity in the South of Russia. In particular, Rostov, Taganrog and other Russian cities.

There is no light in Buryatia either. Officially, the Russian Ministry of Energy reported that there was a malfunction in the operation of generating equipment at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant. In telegram channels they wrote that the Gusinoozerskaya State District Power Plant exploded in Buryatia, and in Crimea there was an accident at the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant, writes Channel 24.

What is known about the blackout in Russia

The Russian Ministry of Energy said that in the south of Russia they have introduced temporary schedules for limiting light consumption by 1.5 gigawatts. The Russians said that they introduced restrictions in conditions of increased loads on the energy system in order to maintain the stability of the energy system. and Stavropol region, – stated RosSMI, which in Russia is recognized as a “foreign agent”. In Krasnodar, there are more than 100 substations without electricity, according to telegram channels. Therefore, in the city:

• 150 traffic lights are not working,
• public transport is not running ;
• without electricity, residents of some areas, shops.

Rosatom assured that supposedly after the accident, the radiation background at the nuclear power plant remains “normal”. Russia was reduced by 500 megawatts.

By the way, the lights are turned off in the South of Russia, although the temperature there reaches 38 – 39 degrees Celsius.

< h2 class="news-subtitle cke-markup">What is the situation in Crimea

The so-called Krymenergo explained that from 14:30 on July 16 they will introduce temporary disconnecting power lines to minimize the load on network equipment. They assured that the measure was forced and temporary. Yalta, Alushta, Kerch, Feodosia, Sudak and many other cities were left without electricity. Subsequently, power engineers published blackout schedules for other days.

The occupation authorities did not officially confirm this information, but on the Crimean Wind telegram channel they stated that the accident occurred at the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in Sevastopol.

Why Buryatia was left without electricity

An emergency shutdown in Buryatia occurred at the power unit of the Gusinoozersk Thermal Power Plant (GRES), there are restrictions in the Transbaikalia power system supply of electricity, the Russian authorities said.

In the telegram channels of Russians they wrote, with reference to local residents, that an explosion occurred at a thermal power plant in Buryatia , and smoke was coming from the territory of the enterprise. After that, two of the three power units there were turned off, and the residents lost power. The authorities did not officially report the cause of the accident.

The head of Buryatia, Alexey Tsedinov, said that as of the evening, some residents of Ulan-Ude and 75 other settlements were without power in Buryatia. However, he added that the power engineers were “given the command” to connect all consumers, because supposedly a backup power supply scheme had been implemented. The boiler was shut down, the automatic emergency pressure relief valves were activated, and it was the valves that were heard operating loudly,” the official assured.

However, he did not explain why. locals saw smoke.

What happened at the Gusinoozersk thermal power plant: watch the video

By the way, the press service of the Gusinoozerskaya State District Power Plant stated that a “spontaneous damage” to the transformer occurred at the power plant, which resulted in the shutdown of all power transformation units, which worked.