Some 8,000 Enedis clients were deprived of electricity at 8 am on Wednesday due to the “warm climate” that affects underground infrastructure, according to a balance of the manager of the electrical distribution network transmitted to AFP.
“Due to an exceptional episode of warm climate throughout the territory, Enedis lists incidents in the underground electricity network, particularly in Occitan, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Ile-de-France and Auverne-Rhône-Alpes,” he tells the manager, the manager, the manager, the manager, the manager, the manager, the manager, to the manager,
Union boxes
According to Enedis, “the very strong cumulative heat for several days with a temperature that does not fall at night has increased the temperature of the asphalt soils of several tens of degrees (on the surface), which has highlighted the underground networks.”
The union boxes, which are used to connect two underground cables between them, are “sensitive to high temperature variations and soil movements that induce, at the origin of the incident,” specifies the manager, who ensures that their equipment intervenes to “restore electricity as quickly as possible.”
Source: BFM TV
