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Electricity of 70% of Yerevan consumers is restored - energy ministry
November 02, 2013 | 14:20
YEREVAN. - As of Saturday 11:30am, the electricity of the 70 percent
of the consumers has been restored.
The Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister's press secretary
Lusine Harutyunyan told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am,
commenting on Saturday morning's widespread power outage in capital
city Yerevan.
As per Harutyunyan, at 10:24am, Armenia's energy system had disengaged
from that of Iran. But at 10:26am, the joint operation of the two
systems was restored, and electricity is continuing to be supplied
from Iran to Armenia.
Electricity is being imported because Armenia's nuclear power plant,
which supplies 35-40 percent of the country's electricity, had
suspended operations earlier, to conduct a planned overhaul and
refueling.
As a result of the aforesaid disengagement, the electricity frequency
of Armenia had dropped, and this caused the power outage.
`Work is underway to restore [the electricity] of the remaining
[consumers],' the press secretary stated.
Lusine Harutyunyan added that the ministry is investigating the
incident, so that similar incidents can be prevented in the future.
http://news.am/eng/news/178968.html
November 02, 2013 | 14:20
YEREVAN. - As of Saturday 11:30am, the electricity of the 70 percent
of the consumers has been restored.
The Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister's press secretary
Lusine Harutyunyan told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am,
commenting on Saturday morning's widespread power outage in capital
city Yerevan.
As per Harutyunyan, at 10:24am, Armenia's energy system had disengaged
from that of Iran. But at 10:26am, the joint operation of the two
systems was restored, and electricity is continuing to be supplied
from Iran to Armenia.
Electricity is being imported because Armenia's nuclear power plant,
which supplies 35-40 percent of the country's electricity, had
suspended operations earlier, to conduct a planned overhaul and
refueling.
As a result of the aforesaid disengagement, the electricity frequency
of Armenia had dropped, and this caused the power outage.
`Work is underway to restore [the electricity] of the remaining
[consumers],' the press secretary stated.
Lusine Harutyunyan added that the ministry is investigating the
incident, so that similar incidents can be prevented in the future.
http://news.am/eng/news/178968.html