The four largest cities of Crimea were left without electricity – RBC

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Simferopol , Sevastopol, Yalta, Feodosiya and other cities of the Crimea were left without electricity, Sevastopol governor Sergei Menyailo said. In the Energy Ministry said that the energy bridge work, the cause of tripping investigated

The governor of Sevastopol Sergey Menyailo said Friday that Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yalta and Feodosia, as well as other cities of Crimea are de-energized, reports “RIA Novosti”. “Light is not, not only in Sevastopol and Simferopol, but also in Feodosia, Yalta and other towns. The reasons are found out, “- said Menyailo

Turn off power supply in Simferopol took place at 13: 15-13: 30 MSK.. In the commercial and administrative institutions, as well as social facilities introduced to the work of backup diesel generators. Mobile communication is intermittent, adds, “RIA Novosti».

According to the correspondent of the radio station “Moscow speaking”, completely de-energized one district of the Crimea and Sevastopol. “Kerch.FM”, in turn, reports that at 10:30 MSK electricity turned off in the center of Kerch. According to a source publication, outage occurs in the central substation, and experts have begun to eliminate the accident.

The head of Russian Ministry of Energy Alexander Novak said that the energy bridge to the Crimea runs, causes a loss of power on the peninsula are being investigated. According to the Minister, from grid Crimea fell to a little over 500 MW of power, and promised that the power supply will soon be restored.

May 18 in the Crimea was abolished the state of emergency imposed in November after the termination of electricity supply to Ukraine. This became possible after connection of the fourth line of energy bridge to the Crimea. The whole peninsula has a capacity of 1270 MW, and the expected level of consumption year – 1100-1150 MW. After the start of the energy bridge outages schedule has been canceled.