Half of the Kaliningrad region was left without electricity due to an accident at a thermal power plant In the Kaliningrad region, where more than a million people live, electricity was partially lost due to an accident at the largest thermal power plant in the region. According to the press secretary of the head of the region, Mariam Bashkirova, the emergency control system of CHPP-2 on the southeastern outskirts of the city of Kaliningrad "has been activated", resulting in a partial shutdown of the station's equipment, Interfax reports. The installed electrical capacity of CHPP-2, according to open sources, is 900 MW - this is almost 54% of the total capacity of power plants of the Kaliningrad energy system as of 2019. The blackout occurred around midnight on Friday, October 30, KG.ru reports. According to the publication, residents of various areas in the region complained about a lack of electricity. The outages affected several districts of Kaliningrad, as well as Gurievsk, Svetlogorsk, Pionarsky, Yantarny, Gverdeysk, Begratinovsk and other settlements. In addition, failures began in the cellular Internet. According to Bashkirova, the load from CHPP-2 was immediately redistributed to other Kaliningrad generating stations, and the network organization is taking measures to connect subscribers. More details.

Half of the Kaliningrad region was left without electricity due to an accident at a thermal power plant In the Kaliningrad region, where more than a million people live, electricity was partially lost due to an accident at the largest thermal power plant in the region. According to the press secretary of the head of the region, Mariam Bashkirova, the emergency control system of CHPP-2 on the southeastern outskirts of the city of Kaliningrad "has been activated", resulting in a partial shutdown of the station's equipment, Interfax reports. The installed electrical capacity of CHPP-2, according to open sources, is 900 MW - this is almost 54% of the total capacity of power plants of the Kaliningrad energy system as of 2019. The blackout occurred around midnight on Friday, October 30, KG.ru reports. According to the publication, residents of various areas in the region complained about a lack of electricity. The outages affected several districts of Kaliningrad, as well as Gurievsk, Svetlogorsk, Pionarsky, Yantarny, Gverdeysk, Begratinovsk and other settlements. In addition, failures began in the cellular Internet. According to Bashkirova, the load from CHPP-2 was immediately redistributed to other Kaliningrad generating stations, and the network organization is taking measures to connect subscribers. More details.