“There was information that there was an emergency power outage.
The preliminary reason is a short circuit on the line, ”TASS reports.
As a result of the accident, power outages occurred in 152 settlements, where 43,197 people live.
Earlier, Deputy Energy Minister of Russia Yevgeny Grabchak said that more than 300 thousand people in 13 regions are left without power supply due to unfavorable weather conditions.