The outage, which started at 9:26 p.m., was due to an incident at the Eguzon substation (Indre).
More than two hours without electricity. Some 270,000 homes were deprived of power on Thursday, September 3, in the departments of Haute-Vienne, Creuse, Indre and Corrèze, according to the operator of the RTE electricity transmission network. The outage, which started at 9:26 p.m., was due to an incident at the Eguzon substation (Indre).
Since 9:26 p.m., thousands of households deprived of#electricity in Indre, Creuse and Haute Vienne. The cause is an incident in the Eguzon substation. #cut @ VilleLimoges87 @grandgueret @ @ Chateauroux36 @FBCreuse @lepopulaire_fr pic.twitter.com/41DmHdOJgU
– RTE in South-West (@RTE_SudOuest) September 3, 2020
Since 9:26 pm, 270,000 private households#electricity in Haute Vienne (163,000 households), #Creuse (53000 ), l’#Internal (54000) and the # Corrèze (2400). The teams of @rte-west and @enedis do their best to restore power. @lepopulaire_fr @FBCreuse @larep_fr #cut pic.twitter.com/eDF5AHo6jB
– RTE in South-West (@RTE_SudOuest) September 3, 2020
The department most affected by this gigantic blackout is Haute-Vienne (163,000 households concerned), followed by Indre (54,000), Creuse (53,000) and Corrèze (2,400).
On social networks, residents of Limoges (Haute-Vienne) or Châteauroux (Indre) in particular said they had been plunged into darkness.
A #panazol and on part of #Limoges and Feytiat, huge power cut. Only the Chenieux clinic shines in the distance … pic.twitter.com/Qq2Eeo721b
– Sébastien Dubois (@Sebastish) September 3, 2020
Someone is explaining to me why the power to all of Chateauroux town center is cut off.
– ♀️ (@lndsfdt) September 3, 2020
Some homes began to be replenished with electricity shortly before 11 p.m. At 11:44 p.m., RTE announced on Twitter “the end of the cut” and apologized to those who suffered this major outage.
End of #cut d’#electricity in the departments of Indre, Haute Vienne, Creuse and Corrèze. @RTE_SouthWest renews its apologies for the inconvenience caused. @larep_fr @franceinfo @lepopulaire_fr @France Inter pic.twitter.com/88nWGrQf5C
– RTE in South-West (@RTE_SudOuest) September 3, 2020
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