TBILISI, August 14 – Georgian consumers should automatically receive compensation when electricity, water, gas or internet companies fail to provide reliable service, according to a former government minister. Kakha Kakhishvili, a former member of parliament and former corrections minister, said utility companies should face direct consequences when they violate consumer rights or fail to meet … Read more
TBILISI, August 5 – Large parts of Georgia lost electricity again on Wednesday evening, marking the country’s third major power outage in less than two weeks. The Georgian State Electrosystem said the latest shutdown happened during technical work at the Enguri hydropower plant following the nationwide grid failures of July 24 and July 25. According … Read more
TBILISI, July 25 – Georgia has opened a sabotage investigation after two nationwide power failures struck on consecutive days, while Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili called the repeated shutdowns an “unusual event”. The State Security Service said Saturday that it had launched the investigation following emergency electricity cuts across the country on July 24 and July … Read more
TBILISI, July 25 – Georgia’s power system collapsed again Saturday morning after a major transmission line went offline, the director of the Enguri hydropower plant said. Levan Mebonia, director of Enguri HPP, told pro-opposition TV Pirveli that the outage was caused by the shutdown of the 500-kV “Imereti” line. He said a heavy load was … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – Electricity has been fully restored across Georgia after a major overnight blackout left Tbilisi and other regions without power for several hours, Interpressnews reported. Georgia’s State Electrosystem said on Friday morning that power supply had been restored throughout the country. The outage began at around 00:10 on Friday, affecting both the … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – A major power outage hit parts of Georgia shortly after midnight on Friday, cutting electricity in several cities, including Tbilisi, before supply began to return gradually in the early morning hours. Interpressnews first reported at 00:30 that electricity had gone out in parts of the country. At that time, several cities, … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–An accident at a thermal power plant in eastern Georgia caused a country-wide blackout early Monday morning.
Almost the entire country was without electricity at 02:10 in the middle of the night, as the thermal power plant in Gardabani near
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
TBILISI, DFWatch–Trains stopped and all but one national TV station went off air in Georgia Sunday evening as much of the country was in the dark for several hours.
Late in the night, power was restored in Tbilisi and all other regions, according to the Energy
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