Emergencies of the electrical power network

Emergency of the electrical power network - complete or partial curtailment of the supply the electric power to users. Since contemporary association increasingly more depends on electric power, these emergencies bring the perceptible losses on enterprises, population and governments.

Statistics shows a notable increase of the emergencies into the 90's. THE XX - beginning OF THE XXI of substances. (see it is below). This speaks, that the society, osonvannoye on the contemporary technologies, became very vulnerably and dependent on its own artificial medium, which emerges from the hearth of control (see for example Problem 2000).

On the vitally important objects (hospital, military targets and t. d.) for the functioning of vital activity during the emergencies of electrical power networks are used the remote power supplies of the nourishment: storage batteries, generators.

Largest emergencies of the electrical power network

• — the emergency of electrical power network in Russia. Suffered city Moscow, Tula, Moscow, Kaluga and Ryazan province.
• - because of the flood of approximately 12 hours without the electricity remained , the largest city .
• On the night s 9 on - system of the power supply c by the population of 5,8 millions. man it was completely paralyzed for the period to three hours.
• - as a result of emergency at the power station for two hours without the light remained 6 millions. the inhabitants and the southern part of the country.
• — the failure of electrical power network in Warsaw.
• - entire European part was deprived of electricity because of the snowy storm.
• "of November - as a result of heat at the central power station occurred emergency. Without the electricity four hours remained 600 thousand. the inhabitants Santiago.
• "of October - because of the hurricane in several regions of center and chernozem zone proved to be torn many electric power lines. In without the light remained 970 populated areas, in and - 580 sat down, in and - 200. The trains of long-distance running and electric railway stopped because of the breaks of overhead electric transport power line.
• — the failure of electrical power network in Italy, entire north and center of which on day they were immersed into the dark.
• - storm broke electric power lines, which entailed turning off of energy in the south and the east . 5 million remained without the light on the whole day. man.
• — the failure of electrical power network in Great Britain. Emergency left without electricity fourth . Government named the emergency of largest in the last decade.
• of 2003 without the light remained entire . The reason became emergency turning off Of inguriGES - largest GES of the country, which manufactures almost half of electric power. Entire power system of Georgia was opened after this. Electricities was not even on the objects of subsistence, ended work metro, tens of thousands of passengers got stuck in the railroad cars of trains and at the stations. Ceased the water supply in the majority of Georgian it was municipal. During 20 minutes did not work central tele-tower in .
• — - "great blackout -2003".
• - is more than 350 thousand. the inhabitants and Balearic islands they were deprived of electricity after the emergency, caused by the overexpenditure of energy.
• e of February of year is entire with the population of 32 millions. man remained by several hours without the electricity as a result of emergency on the the central the power station.
• - in the capital occurred emergency on the high-voltage line. Without the electricity remained about 2 million. man.
• June of year - from 30 to 50 millions. the inhabitants lived without the electricity during several days as a result of the emergency of power system in the east of the country.
• - electricity were deprived of 1 million. Californians, who live in and environments.
• 2 of January - as a result of emergency at the power station in the state Uttar Pradhesh more than 200 millions remained without the electricity. the inhabitants of the north .
• ' of July - in of 200 thousand. the inhabitants Manhattan they were deprived of electricity for 19 hours. The overexpenditure of energy as a result of hot weather became reason.
• 8 of December - 940 thousand. the inhabitants remained without the light for seven hours because of the error of the worker of local substation.
• January 1998 - strong and prolonged cold caused the curtailment of the delivery of electricity into the Canadian provinces Ontario and Kebek, and also the American states of new England. About million of Americans and Canadians remained without the electricity by several weeks.
• - in the suburb of 250 thousand. inhabitants they remained without the electricity for one-and-a-half hours because of the intentional break LEP. The culprit of break was not obtained.
• of year because of the emergency at the power station, which supplies with the electricity the metro, was paralyzed the work of subway, in the tunnels the trains stopped. Emergency occurred in 21.45, and the supply of electricity was renewed after midnight. Trains reached the nearest station and set down people. Incident managed without the victims.
• - in the southern states USA and some regions without the electricity for 10 hours remained 15 millions. man. The overexpenditure of energy because of the heat became reason.
• ' of April - in occurred turning off of the power supply the metro. 31 passengers it is hospitalized with the defeat of the upper respiratory tract.
• 8 of January of the year and entire eastern remained without the electric power as a result of emergency on By Tbilisi GRES - STATE REGIONAL ELECTRIC POWER PLANT. Practically all telephones were opened.
• — practically ended electric energy generation as a result of emergencies at two power stations - By Ingursk GES and By Tbilisi GRES - STATE REGIONAL ELECTRIC POWER PLANT. The industry practically stopped because of the sharpest scarcity of electric power, difficult position s was formed by the bread, which was distributed among the population.
• ya of May - entire Georgia remained without the electricity. Could not be established the reason for emergency. 38 minutes after turning off the electricity from the backup generators began to enter Tbilisi metro and the objects of subsistence.
• of year - "night of fear" in New York. Up to 2003 this emergency was considered as the largest CHP in world electro-energetics. Because of falling of lightning in electric power line for 25 hours was interrupted the supply of electricity into New York even by 9 millions. inhabitants they proved to be without the light. Tragedies accompanied the financial crisis, in which was the megapolis, and unusually hot weather, and unprecedented revelry of criminality. Several hours after turning off of electricity - especially at night - the fashionable blocks of city were attacked the bands from the poor blocks. For the police were possible to arrest about 4 thousand people - but this was the negligible portion of opressors and robbers. The damage, substituted to New York by marauders and Vandals, was evaluated in 60 millions. dollars. Then exactly 9 months after crisis New York hospitals were overfilled by newborns.
• 9 of November - as a result of turning off of electric power without the light remained 30 million people in seven states OF THE USA (states New England, New Jersey, and ) even two provinces of Canada.
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On December 19, 1978, a major blackout affected 80% of France.

The Great Storm Of October of 1987 brought down power lines throughout southern England causing extensive blackouts.

On March 13, 1989, a geomagnetic storm caused the Hydro-Quebec power failure which left 6 million people without power for 9 or more hours.

The January 1998 ice storm in northeastern North America caused prolonged blackouts, particularly in Quebec where many transmission towers were destroyed by ice.

The 1998 power failures in Auckland, New Zealand. During the California electricity crisis there were regular power failures due to energy shortages and market manipulation resulting from failed deregulation.

On September 23, 2003, a power failure affected 5 million people in Denmark and southern Sweden.

On September 27-28, 2003, a power failure affected all of Italy except Sardinia, cutting service to more than 56 million people.

On December 20, 2003, a power failure hit San Francisco, affecting 120,000 people.

On September 4, 2004, five million people in Florida were without power at one point due to Hurricane Frances, one of the most widespread outages ever due to a hurricane.