In parts of the city of Biel, the power went out temporarily on Tuesday evening.
The disruption in the power supply occurred around 7:50 p.m., as an employee of the Energie Service Biel/Bienne (ESB) fault service told the Keystone-SDA news agency on request.
Shortly before 11:00 p.m. the end of the disruption was announced.
According to the energy supplier, several areas were affected, including in particular the northern part of the old town and the area near the university of applied sciences. ESB announced this on Twitter. According to the ESB, the fault was rectified around 11:00 p.m. The cause was therefore a technical defect. There is said to have been a short circuit in a 16 kV transformer. Individual quarters were therefore completely dark, as reported by citizens on social media.
The city of Biel at the northeastern end of Lake Biel has a good 56,000 inhabitants. It is the largest bilingual city in Switzerland with the official languages German and French.
Legend:
An aerial view of the city center and old town of Biel.
Archive/KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott
SRF 4 News, January 10, 2023, 9:00 p.m.; sda/baus; koa
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