Crews of the Bulgarian National Electric Company (NEK) are continuing round-the-clock work to fix the two serious breakdowns of its electric posts, which left some Black Sea coast resorts without electricity.

It is expected that the major part of the power supply will be restored Saturday and power will be restored in full by the end of the weekend.

The temporary restraining power regime remains in effect for the area north of the Black Sea city of Burgas where the schedule is to have power for one hour and then interrupt it for one hour. The restrictions are carried out in accordance with the Energy Act, and are needed to prevent new power outages over the now increased demand during the tourist season. It is expected that the regime will be reinforced until the end of the day Saturday when the larger of the two damaged posts will be fixed. The works have, however, been hindered by the heavy rains in the area.

As far as the second post is concerned, NEK say their inspection showed the damage had been, most likely, triggered by a theft attempt or sabotage.

An additional 40 police officers will guard Bulgaria’s largest coastal resort “Sunny Beach,” Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, informs. He met Friday with hotel owners and tour operators who have been affected by the outage and visited the areas of damage.

20 other police officers will guard the resort town of Nessebar.

Traikov promised the tourist business that power will be fully restored by the end of the weekend.