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High voltage fluctuations today. Instead of 220V we got down to ~165V. Internet outages on top (I assume some hardware failed since multiple counties were aff

High voltage fluctuations today. Instead of 220V we got down to ~165V. Internet outages on top (I assume some hardware failed since multiple counties were affected on the RDS network). Edit. Here's a power graphic: https://www.transelectrica.ro/widget/web/tel/sen-grafic/-/SENGrafic_WAR_SENGraficportlet https://www.transelectrica.ro/widget/web/tel/sen-grafic/-/SE... Seems Romanias production fell under the consumption at around 15:30 Water fell at that time, so maybe some hydro was shut down? We did have multiple floods reported yesterday.

nottorp 6y ago
> Seems Romanias production fell under the consumption at around 15:30 But the incident started at 15:05, that was just a consequence of interconnects failing i think.
- matbatt38 6y ago
  https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2021/01/08/system-split-registered-in-the-synchronous-area-of-continental-europe-incident-now-resolved/ https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2021/01/08/system-split-registere... related timing, its probably linked.
andarleen 6y ago
they'll beg eu funding to fix their corrupt power grid
gruez 6y ago
>Instead of 220V we got down to ~165V. Are homes experiencing brownouts? Or is it only in the distribution system?
- nottorp 6y ago
  were. I think it's mostly fixed for residential by now. The news says the incident happened at 15:05 local time (12:05 gmt? 13:05? damn daylight savings) and power was restored to all affected by 16:45. Industry may be still shut down, there was some chemical plant that had to perform an emergency shutdown which released some crap in the air. They say it's non toxic though.
raverbashing 6y ago
I think voltage fluctuations from 220v to 165v are usually a local issue rather than an upstream issue (trees falling on wires, etc)
paganel 6y ago
> Water fell at that time, so maybe some hydro was shut down? That was my first reaction on /r/romania, too, but some commenter in there suggested that maybe the hydro power production went down as a result of the network not being available (no reason to "pump in" electricity if there's no available network to transport it).
reddotX 6y ago
https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/economie/energie/ministrul-energiei-avaria-din-nord-vestul-tarii-a-fost-cauzata-de-un-incident-de-la-reteaua-europeana-ce-spun-operatorii-europeni-1431002 https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/economie/energie/ministrul-energ...

nottorp 6y ago

> Seems Romanias production fell under the consumption at around 15:30 But the incident started at 15:05, that was just a consequence of interconnects failing i think.

matbatt38 6y ago
https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2021/01/08/system-split-registered-in-the-synchronous-area-of-continental-europe-incident-now-resolved/ https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2021/01/08/system-split-registere... related timing, its probably linked.

andarleen 6y ago

they'll beg eu funding to fix their corrupt power grid

gruez 6y ago

>Instead of 220V we got down to ~165V. Are homes experiencing brownouts? Or is it only in the distribution system?

nottorp 6y ago
were. I think it's mostly fixed for residential by now. The news says the incident happened at 15:05 local time (12:05 gmt? 13:05? damn daylight savings) and power was restored to all affected by 16:45. Industry may be still shut down, there was some chemical plant that had to perform an emergency shutdown which released some crap in the air. They say it's non toxic though.

raverbashing 6y ago

I think voltage fluctuations from 220v to 165v are usually a local issue rather than an upstream issue (trees falling on wires, etc)

paganel 6y ago

> Water fell at that time, so maybe some hydro was shut down? That was my first reaction on /r/romania, too, but some commenter in there suggested that maybe the hydro power production went down as a result of the network not being available (no reason to "pump in" electricity if there's no available network to transport it).

reddotX 6y ago

https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/economie/energie/ministrul-energiei-avaria-din-nord-vestul-tarii-a-fost-cauzata-de-un-incident-de-la-reteaua-europeana-ce-spun-operatorii-europeni-1431002 https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/economie/energie/ministrul-energ...