POWER CUT. A power outage is currently affecting several districts of Paris this Thursday evening. RTE in Île-de-France evokes a “damage” which occurred around 10:15 p.m.
[Mis à jour le 8 décembre 2022 à 23h58] Part of Paris is plunged into darkness this Thursday, December 8. A power cut plunges several districts of the capital into darkness. From 10:30 p.m., many Internet users on social networks shared their misadventure through photos of Parisian streets without any lighting. The mayor of Paris Center, Ariel Weil, spoke on Twitter to confirm the information. “Power cuts have just taken place in the 4th and 5th arrondissements. Enedis has been able to restore most of the sites, but not yet everywhere,” he says.
According to Enedis, 75 streets were affected in the 1st and 4th arrondissements, 62 streets in the 3rd and finally 34 streets in the 5th arrondissement. For its part, RTE in Île-de-France announces that “following damage which occurred around 10:15 p.m., households are currently without electricity in the south-east of Paris. All teams […] are mobilized to allow a return to normal as soon as possible.” On social networks, images of the center of the capital plunged into darkness are shared by Internet users. Some mention a resumption of power after several minutes while d Other testimonies evoke longer cuts.The incident, in the process of being resolved, was already over in certain streets around 11 p.m.
These power cuts come as the first orange Ecowatt alert of the season could be issued by RTE on Monday, December 12. According to the latest estimates, electricity consumption could rise significantly in the coming days with a peak exceeding 80,000 MW on Monday, according to RTE. A record since the start of the cold season. If the government has prepared the French for occasional power cuts this winter, several power cuts are indeed to be feared from the beginning of next year.