Two million people without electricity

Network Transmission of electricity (RTE) has cut electricity to avoid "a complete black-out" in the PACA region. A wide but short cut: the power was restored in the late afternoon.
Network Transmission of electricity (RTE) on Monday cut the electricity at two million people in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA), following an accident in order to avoid "a black full-out "in the region.

"TEN has just begun the implementation of controlled load shedding to avoid blackouts in the entire region," said a spokesman for the transmission system power lines. These blackouts have occurred due to "a technical incident on the electrical Tavel, near Avignon," whose causes are currently unknown.

They were made necessary due to "consumption of electricity at very high temperatures seen, particularly in the eastern region Paca", said the spokesman. "The selective cuts affect 2 million people.

Some neighborhoods of Marseilles, whose downtown and neighborhood of Nice, were without power early Monday afternoon, according to AFP journalists on site.

The current cut off just before 14:00 hours, was gradually restored by the Office of Network Transmission of Electricity (TEN) of France. The origin of the incident was not specified.