The key facts

  • An accident on the 110 kV lines 'Sokin-2' and 'Botanika-1' left parts of the Qibray, Tashkent and Yunusabad districts without power
  • By 19:54, electricity supply at the 'Yunusabad', 'Astronomiya' and 'Limunchi' substations was fully restored
  • Svetanet.uz received 129 reports of outages as of 20:10, 102 confirmed; most were from the Yunusabad and Mirzo-Ulugbek districts

Emergency outage on the evening of October 19

On the evening of October 19, power supply disruptions occurred in several districts of Tashkent and the Tashkent region. The cause was a voltage loss on the 110 kV power lines 'Sokin-2' and 'Botanika-1'. This was reported at 19:33 on its Telegram channel by the branch of the 'Tashkent city power grids'.

Affected areas and actions of power engineers

According to preliminary data, the disruptions affected some areas of the Qibray, Tashkent and Yunusabad districts. Specialists began switching consumers to backup power sources.

Restoration of power supply

By 19:54, the electricity supply to consumers connected to the 'Yunusabad', 'Astronomiya' and 'Limunchi' substations was fully restored. Three minutes later, power engineers reported that electricity supply via the 'L-Botanika-1' line was provided from another source.

Data from the outage service

According to the Svetanet.uz service as of 20:10, 129 reports of power outages were received, of which 102 were confirmed. Most of the reports came from the Yunusabad and Mirzo-Ulugbek districts of the capital.

отключения электроэнергии, ташкент