Electricity supply in Alma-Ata restored by 50% after the failure. The Kazakh Electricity Grid Operating Company reported that there was a significant emergency imbalance created by the Central Asian power system.
Crash affected Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, which are also included in the system of a single energy ring of Central Asia. This system allows countries to redistribute surplus electricity among themselves. It is reported that the Tashkent airport now works only for receiving flights. Electricity is returning to Bishkek in stages.
This morning, Central Asia is almost completely turned out to be de-energized. Now the power supply is gradually being restored. But around noon, millions of people were left without electricity. Massive power outages were recorded in three countries at once: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
In the largest city of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata, there is no electricity in apartments, the subway has stopped in Tashkent, and there is no water in Bishkek due to lack of electricity. Massive power outages are believed to be related to an accident in the unified energy system of Central Asia.
In Alma-Ata, during rush hour, traffic lights stopped working on the streets, traffic jams on the roads. Interruptions were reported by residents of Taldykorgan, Shymkent, Taraz, the Turkestan region and adjacent areas.
Collapse in the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Following the power outage, other infrastructure also failed: pumping stations do not work without electricity, the city was left without water and heating, and there were interruptions in communications and the Internet. Blackout in Osh, Chui and Issyk-Kul regions.
In Tashkent, due to a power outage, the subway stopped. Subway passengers were evacuated by rescuers. Railway workers report delays in the arrival of trains. The airports of Uzbekistan were temporarily forced to stop work. Now they are accepting planes again as usual.
Blackout paralyzed ski resorts. In social networks, tourists share videos of how they “hung in the air” when the cable cars stopped.
The accident paralyzed the system of the unified energy ring of Central Asia. This system allows countries to redistribute surplus electricity among themselves.
The authorities of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan disagreed about the cause of a large-scale power failure, due to which densely populated areas of the country were left without electricity. The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan said that the shutdown was due to an accident in Kazakhstan. And in Kazakhstan they say that the reason is in the energy systems of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, where there was a rapid increase in capacity by electricity transit.