Ministry of Energy: An accident in the neighboring country's power grid has affected Uzbekistan.
Power outages on August 14th almost simultaneously affected Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Uzbekistan's Ministry of Energy stated that the outage was caused by an accident in the neighboring country's power grid, which affected the entire Central Asian power grid.
On August 14, the Uzbek Ministry of Energy reported that a power outage in a neighboring country had affected the Central Asian power grid, causing power outages in Surkhandarya and several other regions of Uzbekistan.
The ministry's statement, published at 3:57 PM, stated: "As a result of an accident in the neighboring country's power grid, the Central Asian power grid was impacted. As a result, power outages were observed in Surkhandarya and several other regions."
According to the Ministry of Energy, power suppliers are gradually restoring power supply, and further information will be provided later. The ministry did not specify which neighboring country it was referring to.
Meanwhile, large-scale power outages occurred almost simultaneously in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
At 4:30 PM, the Ministry of Energy's press service told Gazeta that 80% of power had been restored in the Surkhandarya region.
According to Kazinform, citing Alatau Zharyk Company (AZhK), on August 14 at 2:38 PM, three 500 kV overhead power lines—L-5400, L-5300, and L-5320—owned by the national grid company KEGOC experienced an emergency shutdown.
Following this, the AZhK grid's emergency protection system was activated, resulting in the disconnection of some consumers in Almaty and the Almaty region. The disconnected load amounted to approximately 300 MW.
Customers in the Bostandyk, Nauryzbay, Auezov, and Alatau districts of Almaty, as well as in ten districts of the Almaty region—Zhambyl, Balkhash, Esik, Karasay, Shelek, Raimbek, Uyghur, Ili, Kegen, and Talgar—were left without power.
Alatau Zharyk Company stated that specialists are carrying out the necessary work to restore power.
On the same day, a massive power outage occurred in Dushanbe and several other cities and districts of Tajikistan.
The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources told Asia-Plus that restoration work is ongoing at an intensified pace. The ministry expects the power grid to return to normal operation soon.
The exact cause of the outage has not yet been determined. An interdepartmental working group has been created to investigate the circumstances.
Tajikistan's Ministry of Energy has separately denied reports that the outages were caused by an accident at the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant.
"The information about an alleged accident at the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant is unfounded," the ministry stated.
According to Asia-Plus, residents of Dushanbe, Kulob, Khujand, Vahdat, Nurek, Gissar, Shahrinav, the Bobojon Gafurov district, Rogun, and several other regions reported power outages at approximately 3:15 PM.
Power outages were also reported in Kyrgyzstan on the evening of August 14. According to Kaktus.media, residents of various districts of Bishkek began reporting power outages and unstable power supplies starting at approximately 3:00 PM.
Residents of the area near the intersection of Tynystanov and Toktogul Streets were the first to report the outage. Later, reports came in from the Ibraimov-Bokonbaev, Abdrakhmanov-Ibraimov, Alamedin-1, Suyumbaev-Zhibek Zholu, Molodezhny Kvartal, Akhunbaev-Aitmatov, and Selektsionnoye districts. Power outages were also reported on Kolbaev Street, near School No. 70, and at the intersection of Orozbekov and Tugolbay-Ata Streets.