Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Experiences Latest Blackout

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Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Experiences Latest Blackout: Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Experiences Latest Blackout At the end of July the failure of two NEK posts left nearly 56 000 vacationers strained without electric power, air conditioning and hot water, prompting many to leave early or cancel holiday plans. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

The southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast continues to experience problems with the electric power supply, turning everyday life and vacation into an ordeal for thousands of residents and visitors.

Areas north on the Black Sea City of Burgas and the historic beach town of Sozopol woke up without light, air conditioning and hot water again Monday morning.

Since the end of July, on several occasions, many resorts were left without electricity due to a series of failures of electric posts owned by the National Electric Company (NEK) and increased demand over the continuous scorching heat wave.

The Austrian-owned power utility EVN was forced to introduce restrictions in the power supply which were lifted just days ago by an order of NEK.

NEK further informed that a restrictive regime for the use of electricity is not pending as it was announced last Friday and vacationers and hotel owners do not need to worry, but added they have asked the latter to limit themselves the consumption of electric power as much as possible in the largest resort Sunny Beach, especially between 7 pm and 10 pm when the demand is the highest in order to avoid further failures in the network.

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Tags: Sunny Beach, power outage, electricity, EVN, electricity supply restrictions, Burgas, Pomorie, foreign tourists, Black Sea coast

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