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Georgia on imported electricity while power lines being repaired

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Two of the transmission lines that failed are now working, but until all three are fixed, Georgia is on imported electricity. (Photo published by Georgian State Electrosystems.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is now being supplied with electricity that is imported from neighboring countries, after three high-voltage power lines failed yesterday.

Director of the electricity system, Sulkhan Zumburidze, said Monday that the import from two

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Massive power outage in Georgia

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The massive power outage is caused by a failure in a high voltage power line. (Pirveli.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A failure in a high-voltage power line has left large parts of Georgia without electricity Sunday evening.

The capital Tbilisi is among the areas affected by the massive outage, which the Energy Ministry believes is caused by the failure of a 500 kV

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