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[size=85:2w58x94o]novinite 24 July 2010

Bulgarian Coastal Power Outage to Be Fully Fixed by Weekend

Crews of the Bulgarian National Electric Company (NEK) are continuing round-the-clock work to fix the two serious breakdowns of its electric posts, which left some Black Sea coast resorts without electricity.

It is expected that the major part of the power supply will be restored Saturday and power will be restored in full by the end of the weekend.

The temporary restraining power regime remains in effect for the area north of the Black Sea city of Burgas where the schedule is to have power for one hour and then interrupt it for one hour. The restrictions are carried out in accordance with the Energy Act, and are needed to prevent new power outages over the now increased demand during the tourist season. It is expected that the regime will be reinforced until the end of the day Saturday when the larger of the two damaged posts will be fixed. The works have, however, been hindered by the heavy rains in the area.

As far as the second post is concerned, NEK say their inspection showed the damage had been, most likely, triggered by a theft attempt or sabotage.

An additional 40 police officers will guard Bulgaria’s largest coastal resort “Sunny Beach,” Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, informs. He met Friday with hotel owners and tour operators who have been affected by the outage and visited the areas of damage.

20 other police officers will guard the resort town of Nessebar.

Traikov promised the tourist business that power will be fully restored by the end of the weekend.


Tourists Leave Bulgarian Beach Resort over Power Outage

Scores of foreign tourists at Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea resort “Sunny Beach” are asking for cancellations and compensations of their vacation stay.

The reason for the request is the mass power outage in a number of resorts in the country’s southern Black Sea cost that began Friday.

The President of the Union of “Sunny Beach” hotel owners, Elena Yordanova, says the resort currently has about 300 000 holidaymakers and a large number have left ahead of the planned end of their vacation over the lack of electric power and, consequently, air conditioning and hot water.

Meanwhile, the Russian daily “Komsomolskaya Pravda” published an article, mocking the country for the problem and saying: “Don’t forget to pack candles if are planning to on vacation in Bulgaria.”

The latest update from the Bulgarian National Electric Company (NEK), which owns the two damaged posts, is that power will be restored by 2 pm Saturday.

WHO ARE THESE CRETINS
SHOULDNT HEADS ROLL ????????????????????????

neilythere! wrote:

WHO ARE THESE CRETINS
SHOULDNT HEADS ROLL ????????????????????????

This is Bulgaria

Agreed


This is Bulgaria

[size=55:20bk3puq]novinite 17 August 2010

Bulgarian Electric Co, EVN Exchange Blows over Resort Blackouts

The Bulgarian National Electric Company (NEK) attacked Tuesday the Austrian-owned power utility EVN, saying the problems with electric supply to the southern Black Sea coast are the latter’s fault.

NEK blames EVN for constantly attracting new customers without taking into account the capacity of the electric network which is owned by NEK.

The move comes in the aftermath of the Monday press release distributed by EVN regarding talks between the company’s Regional Manager, Joerg Zolfelner, and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, on the issue of power outages that have been pestering summer resorts and beach towns lately. The press release pointed out the two have reached a joint conclusion problems stem from the state of the network and years-long lack of investments by the owner in this part of the country.

NEK struck back at EVN, pointing out that tossing responsibilities around would not help solve the dilemma, adding they are stunned by EVN’s silence regarding their never-ending contracts with the countless new hotels, which have not been coordinated with the State company.

“Is is obvious EVN wants the money and takes it when it is crystal clear the network does not have the capacity. They comment on us not making investments, but they do not do them either. It is not a secret to anyone EVN have serious problems with the quality of services in this area. The staggering problems cannot be solved in a matter of days;
they need thorough analysis, urgent measures and team work, team work similar to the reaction of hotel owners at the “Sunny Beach” resort who agreed to limit the use of electricity” NEK say.


Playground comes to mind

The clowns have enough time since the JULY outtages to ship in as many emergency back up generators as they would need
contingency being the operative word I think??????????????