Bulgarian Authorities, Utilities to Mull Black Sea Electricity Blackout

Business » ENERGY | August 19, 2010, Thursday // 15:52
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Authorities, Utilities to Mull Black Sea Electricity 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

Bulgaria’s finance minister Simeon Djankov, Burgas region governor Konstantin Grebenarov and representatives of the EVN and NEK power utilities are going to discuss Friday the recent power blackouts that left a number of towns and thousands of tourists in the dark.

According to information from Burgas24.bg, authorities and utilities will talk about the causes and possible remedies of the grave accidents this Monday and some days ago that stopped the electricity supply of towns around Burgas, many of which are active Black Sea resorts.

There has been controversy between NEK (National Electric Company), which owns the network, and EVN, which is the power distributor, as who exactly is responsible for the blackouts.

In the meanwhile, it was speculated that towns in the region might be subjected to some form of electricity restrictions.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Energy » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: NEK, EVN, Black Sea, resorts, power outage, Simeon Djankov, Burgas, electricity distribution, power utilities

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria