MONKEY BUSINESS CAUSES NATIONWIDE BLACKOUT IN SRI LANKA

Wed 12 February 2025:

A mischievous monkey sparked a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka over the weekend, after it wandered into a key grid substation in Panadura, a city west of the capital. According to Energy Minister, the curious creature’s intrusion caused a power system imbalance, plunging the entire country into darkness.

“A monkey has come in contact with our grid transformer, causing an imbalance in the system,” Kumara Jayakody said, according to the local media.

Efforts to restore power were delayed due to low electricity demand on Sunday. Although the Ceylon Electricity Board had fully restored power by 6 p.m. local time (1230GMT), all three generators were automatically disconnected by its protocol system.

As demand increased after 6 p.m., some areas experienced further power cuts. To address the shortfall, authorities sourced electricity from thermal power plants and fully restored power by 9.45 p.m.

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The Ceylon Electricity Board has announced that island-wide power cuts will be implemented on Monday and Tuesday. The outages will last for one and a half hours, occurring between 3.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m., and will affect the entire island.

Island-wide power outages have occurred multiple times, including in March 2016, August 2020, and December 2021. The last outage, which took about six hours to restore, happened on Dec. 9, 2023.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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