Since the arrival of freezing weather, electricity use has gone up by 10%, Ekaterinburgskaya electrosetevaya Kompaniya (Electricity Supplier of Yekaterinburg) JSC reports.

‘There are some local power cuts within 0.4 kilowatt network due to more heaters being used by consumers. Some areas find themselves cut off because of the overloaded networks,’ the company’s spokesperson says.

For instance, Rzhevskiy area was cut off at 7 PM yesterday, Shaumyan, Volgogradskaya and Voenniy Flot streets were cut off at 10.35 PM. The company was unable to fix the problem at nighttime, but the emergency team started to work in the morning.

The staff are now watching the equipment particularly closely and getting ready for a timely response in case of a contingency. Extra equipment and emergency teams are provided for.