Some areas of Paris experienced a large-scale power outage on Thursday morning. The country’s electricity distribution company Enedis announced that the outage occurred in the morning hours.
The national electricity transmission system operator RTE stated that the fault was caused by a technical incident at the Issy-les-Moulineaux electricity substation southwest of Paris. The exact cause of the incident is still unknown, and an investigation is ongoing.
According to Enedis, the initial outage affected 170,000 households. It was also noted that some metro lines and suburban train lines have ceased operation.
The technical problem causing the power outage was brought under control quickly, and with the intervention of teams, most of the electricity was restored rapidly.
RTE announced that as of 08:50, about 2,600 households were without electricity. Enedis stated that electric supply is expected to be fully restored once the power is completely reestablished.
