"The prosecutor's office of the Sakhalin region, with the involvement of regulatory authorities, organized an inspection on the fact of a power outage in the territory of 14 municipalities of the Sakhalin region," said the prosecutor's office.

During the inspection, an assessment will be made of the implementation of the legislation on the electric power industry, the requirements for the reliability and safety of electrical installations and networks.

Compliance with the standards for providing the population with utilities will also be assessed.

Earlier it was reported that about 400 thousand people were left without electricity in Sakhalin.

According to the Russian Ministry of Energy, power supply in the Sakhalin Oblast was later restored.