#outage

Poland: Power transmission by a 600 MW undersea cable between Sweden and Poland was restored after an outage, a spokesman for grid operator PSE has stated.

USA, California, Scotts Valley: A power outage was created by a blown transformer in Scotts Valley on 29 March.

A power transformer exploded in Glendale because of the sweltering heat and caused a widespread outage.

US, New York: Electricity was restored to thousands of customers in New York City on Saturday evening after an outage that knocked out traffic lights, stalled elevators and limited subway service.

USA, Virginia: Danville Utilities will assess its substation transformers later this year after the third River District outage linked to the Bridge Street Substation in Danville, Virginia took place in 18 months.

Ireland, Aran Islands: Power supplies have been restored to residents on Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr islands following a four day power cut.

Ireland, Aran Islands: Residents of two of the Aran Islands are hoping ESB Networks will be able to deliver a vital transformer to Inis Oírr to restore power supplies to it and Inis Meáin.

USA, Los Angeles: Thousands of people in the Studio City and Sherman Oaks area; los Angeles, California lost power on Wednesday night, possibly from a transformer explosion at an electrical substation, according to authorities.

Norway, Oslo: Wide areas of downtown Oslo and the western districts of the capital were hit by power failures around midday on Wednesday, including the Parliament and Oslo’s metro system.

Canada, Ontario: A wicked summer storm that swept through parts of southern Ontario Sunday evening left thousands in the dark as the severe weather system brought with it heavy rain, hail and high winds.

USA, Seattle: Three Seattle City Light employees were injured by an explosion at the East Pine Street substation caused by a blown transformer, which knocked out power to nearly 10,000 customers across the Capitol Hill, Madison Park and Madrona neighbourhoods of Seattle Wednesday afternoon.