A government commission has been set up in Uzbekistan to find out the causes of a large-scale energy failure. This was announced on Tuesday, January 25, in the press service of the Ministry of Energy of the country.
“In connection with the situation that has arisen, on behalf of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a government commission chaired by the Prime Minister of the country has been established to investigate the causes of the incident and develop a plan to prevent such situations in the future,” the Ministry of Energy’s Telegram channel said.
The department noted that the results of the commission’s work will be officially published.
The Uzbek energy system, united into a single energy system, had an accident protection system at the Tashkent and Syrdarya thermal power plants, which automatically turned off both stations, the ministry added. This had a negative impact on the operation of such large thermal power plants as Talimarjan and Turakurgan.
In addition, a representative of the Uzbek Ministry of Energy said that Uzbekistan has suspended the export of electricity to Afghanistan.
“Due to a major power outage in the energy system of Uzbekistan, supplies to Afghanistan have been temporarily suspended,” he told RIA Novosti.
According to him, the issue of energy supply to domestic consumers in Uzbekistan is currently being resolved. He noted that exports to Afghanistan would be resumed “as soon as the situation allows.”
A massive power outage occurred in Uzbekistan on January 25 at approximately 11:00 local time (09:00 Moscow time). The failure in the system covered several cities at once – Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Karshi, Gulistan, Kokand, Chirchik.
Temporarily suspended the work of the subway. Local residents reported interruptions in water and heating, and all hospitals in Uzbekistan were connected to additional power sources.
The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan noted that the power outage in the republic was due to an accident in the power grids of Kazakhstan. As a result of the accident, the voltage in the unified power grid of neighboring states changed.
At present, all transit transmission lines between the regions of the country are turned on, power plants are being put into operation in stages.
Failures in the power system occurred today in the capital of Kyrgyzstan. According to eyewitnesses, traffic lights did not work in the city, there was no water in high-rise buildings due to the shutdown of pumping stations. The Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan said that the supply of electricity in the country is being resumed.
Source: IZ
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