Ecuador struck by power outage leaving 18 million in the dark
Ecuador struck by power outage leaving 18 million in the dark
Confusion on the streets of Quito as traffic lights ceased working and the subway system ground to a halt
A nationwide electricity outage has struck Ecuador, leaving the nation of about 18 million in the dark, including the capital’s subway system, as authorities worked to repair faulty power lines, a senior official said.
“There is a failure in the transmission line that caused a cascade disconnection, so there’s no electricity at a national scale,” public works minister Roberto Luque said in a post on X on Wednesday.
Luque also serves as the country’s acting energy minister.
A Reuters witness said there was confusion on the streets of Quito, the capital, as traffic lights ceased working. Operations of Quito’s subway system have also ground to a halt.
It takes more than just a faulty transmission line to take down an entire grid nation wide... There's more to this story than they are letting on.
It sounds like "prepper" Roberto Luque is lucky enough to have a back-up generator and a starlink connection.
This disaster was surprising.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A nationwide electricity outage has struck Ecuador, leaving the nation of about 18 million in the dark, including the capital’s subway system, as authorities worked to repair faulty power lines, a senior official said.
“There is a failure in the transmission line that caused a cascade disconnection, so there’s no electricity at a national scale,” public works minister Roberto Luque said in a post on X on Wednesday.
A Reuters witness said there was confusion on the streets of Quito, the capital, as traffic lights ceased working.
Emilia Cevallos, a waitress in a restaurant north of the capital, Quito, said the blackout was surprising.
In April, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared an energy emergency and announced planned electricity cuts.
The disaster prompted Ecuador’s private OCP oil pipeline to suspend operations and declare force majeure.
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