Anonymous ID: a493e7 Dec. 9, 2022, 11:25 p.m. No.17917167   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7201

Power outage plunges parts of Paris into darkness; technical glitch blamed

 

PARIS — Several districts of southern Paris were plunged into darkness on Thursday night due to a power outage tied to a technical glitch on an electrical transformer of energy supplier Enedis.

 

The incident comes amid worries that power blackouts could cripple infrastructure in France as the first cold snap of the winter tests the resilience of the power network.

Many streets in Paris’s third, fourth, fifth arrondissements were hit by the power cuts around 10:15 p.m. (2115 GMT) and power was restored around 11:00 p.m., grid operator RTE’s division for the region encompassing Paris, Ile de France, said on Twitter.

 

“Around 125,000 households were affected at the height of the incident,” it said…

 

Dec 09, 2022 • 23 hours ago

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/power-outage-plunges-parts-of-paris-into-darkness-technical-glitch-blamed

just some days ago Macron told the people to not panic should the lights go out:

 

Macron says "no panic" about possible French power cuts - https://www.euronews.com/2022/12/03/france-energy-macron