Energy Supplier Switches Off the Power, 10,000 Tilburg Residents without Electricity

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On Sunday morning, the alarm went off in an Enexis control room in Weert: a massive amount of electricity was being used near Tilburg. To prevent damage to the power grid, the company switched off the electricity to 18,000 households.

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Fearing overloading the power grid, grid operator Enexis temporarily shut down a large substation in the Tilburg area today. As a result, around 10,000 households and businesses were left without power in one fell swoop. Never before has the grid operator had to intervene on such a large scale. Due to the power outage, traffic lights went out in several locations, reports Omroep Brabant. In Gilze, residents became trapped in an elevator. There w…

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Grid operator Enexis briefly switched off the power for approximately 18,000 customers in and around Tilburg towards the end of Sunday morning to prevent the electricity grid there from becoming overloaded. An Enexis spokesperson confirmed this following reports by Omroep Brabant and others. As a result of the emergency measure, people were left without power.

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Enexis temporarily intervened in the power supply in the Tilburg region on Sunday due to overload on a section of the electricity grid. In total, 18,000 households were without power.

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A unique event took place Sunday morning in the Central Brabant region. Due to an impending overload of the power grid, grid operator Enexis decided to switch off the electricity for 18,000 households itself. What does this mean for the Tilburg Fair and other upcoming events?

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To prevent the electricity grid from becoming overloaded, grid operator Enexis switched off the power for approximately 18,000 residents in and around Tilburg. Due to the emergency measure, people were without power by late morning. According to the company, this is a unique measure.