Breakdown on the city.
This Thursday morning, from 11 a.m., a power cut deprived Angers in Maine-et-Loire and its surroundings of power for nearly two hours.
According to the Electricity Transport Network (RTE) Twitter account, “175,000 customers were deprived of electricity at the height of the cut in Angers and its surroundings”.
Nearly 70% of households have been supplied in @Angers and its surroundings (#MaineEtLoire).
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– RTE West (@RTE_west) June 2, 2022
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The telephone network was very disrupted.
Tram traffic was interrupted and traffic lights suddenly went out.
Vinci Autoroutes also indicated in a press release that “as a safety measure […] the Angers – Avrillé tunnel on the A11 has been closed since 11:40 a.m. in both directions of traffic”.
This event caused major traffic disruptions on the A11 motorway between interchanges No. 15 Angers Center and No. 18 Saint-Jean-de-Linières.
A social movement at the origin
What could have caused this general outage?
In a press release relayed by
Ouest-France
, the Maine-et-Loire prefecture explained: “Following a national social movement in the gas and industrial industries, individuals entered certain sites in the department and cut power. running.
Enedis, in conjunction with RTE, expects a return to normal at the start of the afternoon.
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Indeed, at the beginning of the afternoon, the RTE Twitter account indicated that “nearly 70% of households [had] been resupplied in Angers and its surroundings”.
Nearly 70% of households have been supplied in @Angers and its surroundings (#MaineEtLoire).
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– RTE West (@RTE_west) June 2, 2022
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