The blackout in the two population centers of the Leningrad region which took place ob October 9 was the absence of a regular power supply diagram since 2007, the regional public prosecution office reported on Friday.
On September 9 at about 13.40 17 houses in the village of Murino and a number of houses in the village of Lavriki were cut off electricity due to the power transmission line break. They got the electricity supply back only on the following day. About five thousand people were deprived of electricity at that time. Altogether during the weekend about 20 thousand residents of St Petersburg were left without electrical power supply.
“It has been stated that the electricity supply to some of the residential houses in the village of Murino is being carried out through the grids belonging to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Scientific Research Institute Poisk. The problems with the power supply in the village are connected with the absence of the regular power supply diagram. After an accident in 2007 the basic and the reserve cables of electric power supply which connected the research institute Poisk and the Severnaya thermal power plant got out of order”, — the press-release says.
According to the data of the public prosecution office since 2007 the electrical power supply in the village of Murino has been carried out according to the temporary power supply diagram through the two power transmission lines connected to the grids of the Suburbial Electrical Grids’ branch – OAO Lenenergo.
“Under the court decision the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Scientific Research Institute Poisk was to resume the regular power supply diagram however the court decision has not been fulfilled due to the absence of funding. The absence of the regular power supply diagram, which would include reserve sources as well made it impossible to resume the electricity supply to the households quickly”, — the statement of the public prosecution office says.
The public prosecution office is carrying on with the investigation of the incident at the moment.
Метки: blackout in St.Petersburg, electricity, emergency situation
