Full restoration of power supply to all consumers is expected on Friday. After the failure, which occurred at noon, at 17.30 All parts of the railway infrastructure already had electricity, but the disturbances in trains are ongoing. Minister of Transport Martin Kupka estimated that they should be removed in the evening and at night.
Among the critical infrastructure plants, the current disturbed the continuous functioning of the refinery in Litvinów belonging to Orlen Unipetrol. The production was suspended, and the raw material, also the partly converted and inside the plant's installation, had to be burned.
As a result, a very thick, black smoke is visible at a distance of about 20 km from Litvinov. Flames over high refinery chimneys are also visible. The company announced that there is no threat to local residents, and full restoration of production is to take several days.
Blackout in the Czech Republic. Delivery regulation has been introduced
A full return to the functionality of the power network in the Czech Republic requires a controlled electricity management system. In this situation, the CZPS transmission company introduced the supply of supply by Friday. In practice, this may mean restriction of power in some industrial plants or towns.
After the meeting of the Central Crisis Staff, Minister of Industry Lukasz Vlczek announced an analysis of all the circumstances of the failure. The direct cause of the technical defect of the high voltage cable will be determined.
As a result of a failure, there was no electricity in the right -bank part of Prague. Trams, trolleybuses and metro stood. People were imprisoned in the elevators. Apart from the capital of the electricity, there were no in the central part of the Czech Republic, the regions of Liberca and Uście nad Łaba.
