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Westfjords No Longer in Reserve

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Electricity in the northern Westfjords is no longer running on backup power. There was a power outage in the Westfjords this afternoon after a failure in Mjólkár Line 1 in the afternoon. There was a power outage for a while, but backup generators in Bolungarvík were started, so no one was without power for long. It was planned to run electricity on backup power overnight, but according to information from Landsnet, electricity was restored to th…
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Running on Reserve Power in the Westfjords Last Night

There was a power outage in the Westfjords this afternoon. According to Steinunn Þorsteinsdóttir, Landsnet's information officer, the Mjólkár Line 1 between Mjólkaá and Geirdalur was out. The line supplies electricity to the northern part of the Westfjords. Backup power plants in Bolungarvík and the Mjólkár power plant are providing electricity to the area while the line is out. The news agency has received reports from residents of Ísafjörður w…

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RÚV broke the news in on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
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