The Canary Island of La Palma was without power for several hours
The Canary Island of La Palma was without power for several hours this afternoon. The EFE news agency reported that the outage was caused by a fault at the Los Guinchos power plant. The local government declared an emergency plan in response to the outage.
According to the electricity grid operator, power had been restored to more than 90 percent of customers by around 21:30 CEST.
The island was hit by two partial power outages in May. La Palma last experienced a total power outage in 2018. Power outages are relatively common in the Canary Islands. The distribution system is isolated from the rest of Spain, making it more vulnerable. Mainland Spain was hit by a major power outage at the end of April.
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