Power supply getting back to northern Italy

Xinhuanet ^ | Chinese News

[FairOpinion]

ROME, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Power supply is progressively getting back to normal in northern Italy after a huge blackout hit most parts of the country early Sunday.

Most of the country was affected by the blackout shortly after3.30 am (0130 GMT), the ANSA news agency reported. The blackout disrupted civil aviation, railway transportation and normal life of residents.

In Rome, the power outage brought an early close to an all-night party.

The sudden power outage was caused by an interruption in electricity supply from France, a spokesman for the Italian electricity company ENEL was quoted by Italian media as saying.

There was a sudden shortfall of around 3,000 megawatts for a reason yet to be known, Gianluca Comin said.

Another ENEL spokesman said that two of the four power lines through which Italy imports electricity from France were cut for an unknown reason.

ENEL said it expects a return to normal power supply in Milan around 8:00 am (0600 GMT).

[FairOpinion]

Well, I am glad the power is coming back, but the cause still unknown.

[Destro]

"The sudden power outage was caused by an interruption in electricity supply from France"

But France did not lose power?

[swilhelm73]

Is Chirac going to appear on TV now claiming it is all the Italians fault and that they know lighting hit an Italian power plant (with no lighting strokes recorded anywhere in Italy that day)?

Oh, and how come we haven't heard the classic - we don't have any idea what caused the outage but we know it was not terrorism - yet?

[FairOpinion]

"The sudden power outage was caused by an interruption in electricity supply from France"

"But France did not lose power? "


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Apparenlty not. France also has a large Muslim population.

[Destro]

So does Italy.

[tiamat]

I know what caused it!

All of the French decided to test their brand-new air conditioners this weekend!

Tia