- There’s a energy outage within the canton of Bern.
- The electrical energy provide was disrupted from 10am till shortly after 11am, mentioned power service supplier EWB.
- The town of Bern and the encircling communities had been affected.
- The rationale for the break shouldn’t be but clear.
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The facility outage started at 9:54 am, a spokesman for power provider BKW mentioned. There was a community disruption on the 132 kilovolt line that runs from Mühleberg to Engehalde within the metropolis of Bern. Consequently, there have been overvoltages on the road that runs from Worblaufen to Engehalde and from Worblaufen to Habstetten.
Within the BKW space, Bolligen, Wohlen, Münchenbuchsee, Kirchlindach, Ittigen, Zollikofen, Ostermundigen and Bremgarten had been affected. In complete, the ability outage affected round 19,000 households within the BKW provide space.
Trigger unclear – investigations initiated
Energy was restored to the Engehalde substation from 10:07 a.m. At BKW, energy distribution was working once more shortly after 11 a.m.
The facility outage most likely affected 1000’s of households within the EWB provide space within the metropolis of Bern. In accordance with a spokesperson for the EWB, the northern areas of the town had been notably affected. It’s not initially recognized what precisely triggered the community disruption. Clarifications have begun, mentioned a BKW spokesman.