Power failure in Plauen: Maintenance work ensures short -term darkness

Power failure in Plauen: Maintenance work ensures short -term darkness

On July 10, 2025, there was a significant power failure in Plauen, which affected both the Thiergarten district and other surrounding areas. The Mitteldeutsche Netzgesellschaft Strom mbH announced maintenance work in advance, which should last from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The traffic connection along Hofer Landstrasse, in the Thiergarten district, was affected. These types of maintenance work have been announced, but power failures in Germany are in general a rarity, such as news.de) reported.

But what really happened? On Wednesday afternoon there was a sudden power failure around 3:30 p.m., which at the top hit around 6,200 customers over 68 transformer stations, including in the districts of tearing, Haselbrunn and Chrieschwitz. The cause? Three cable errors in the medium -voltage network that occurred simultaneously. However, these were not specified further, since operating fonts could not find a direct reason. An alleged external influence was not confirmed, so that the cause remained in the dark, so mdr.de.

The return to normality

The restoration process was quickly made: the power supply was largely ensured by the evening of the same day. Around 8 p.m., all affected connections were again on the net. The completed maintenance work also includes an earlier disorder on Hofer Landstrasse, which has already been remedied at 8:05 a.m.

The power of electricity that is responsible for the region then called a crisis staff to monitor the incident, but it was quickly resolved because the situation was under control.

A look at the numbers

In the context, the nationwide key figures for power failures are remarkable. The Federal Network Agency covers such interruptions and has a detailed report on interruptions in care. The average failure per consumer is in Germany, among other factors, below the common norms, which underlines the reliability of the power supply. The calculation of these values refers to unplanned failures and takes into account atmospheric influences and human interactions. According to the bundesnetzagentur.de, an essential part of monitoring the security of supply

As a rule, it is advised to keep calm in the event of a power failure and check the safety box. A call to the rescue control centers is not necessary in most cases; Instead, those affected should contact their energy suppliers directly, such as [https://www.news.de/lokales/856343502/stromausfall-plauen-aktuell-in-thierlosa-mitteldeutsche-strom-strom-stozen-hute-am-07-2025/1/).