Power failure in Plauen: Maintenance work ensure interruptions!

Power failure in Plauen: Maintenance work ensure interruptions!

Äußere Reichenbacher Straße, 08529 Plauen, Deutschland - in the city of Plauen, Saxony, a number of maintenance work in the power grid was carried out today on June 16, 2025. The Mitteldeutsche Netzgesellschaft Strom mbH is entrusted with this work, which took place in the outer Reichenbacher Straße in Kleinfriesen. The work started at 8:30 a.m. this morning and is expected to continue until 12:00 p.m. As a rule, households are only a few minutes a year without electricity, which makes the current situation particularly remarkable, report news.de.

A review of the recent incidents shows that there was a larger power failure in the region on Wednesday afternoon. A total of around 6,200 customers were affected, which was distributed on a total of 68 transformations in districts such as tearing, Haselbrunn and Chrieschwitz. From around 3:30 p.m. it turned out that three cable errors in the medium -voltage network were the cause. Although the operating fitters could not identify a concrete cause of errors, physical external influence was not confirmed in this case. This information was provided by mdr.de.

maintenance work and current disorders

In order to ensure the power supply, maintenance work has already been successfully completed at various other places in Plauen. The disturbance in Celler Strasse was remedied on June 15 at 11:15 p.m., while the problems on Stauffenbergstrasse and Weischlitzer Straße could be solved at 7:30 p.m. These constant efforts ensure greater security of supply that is of great importance for the city.

The local network operators advise to behave efficiently in the event of power failures. First, the fuse box should be checked and possible causers separated from the network. If the problem remains, it is advisable to contact the network operator, since disorders are usually not an emergency and the police or fire brigade should only be used in an emergency. In the case of overarching failures, it is advisable to inform the energy supplier in order to receive support as soon as possible.

Nevertheless, it remains important to keep an eye on the risks and stability of the power grid. Although the power grid is usually resistant to disorders nationwide, local incidents like this show that difficulties cannot be excluded and preventive measures are always necessary.