View of the city of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. File photoTASHKENT, Jan 26Restrictions on the operation of automobile gas-filling compressor stations (CNG filling stations) have been introduced since January 26 in Uzbekistan due to the consequences of a massive power outage in the country the day before, the press service of the Ministry of Energy reported on Wednesday. In Uzbekistan, a power outage occurred in a number of regions of the country on Tuesday. Later, the Ministry of Energy specified that a phased restoration of electricity supply had begun. According to the press service of the Kazakhstani electric grid operator KEGOC, the accident in the power supply system, which affected a number of Central Asian countries, occurred due to an overload of the transit line in Kazakhstan. — the message of the Ministry of Energy for the media says. According to the agency, natural gas supplies to private companies are also temporarily suspended from Wednesday. «For the stable supply of consumers with electricity, the natural gas produced will be sent in full to thermal power plants, social facilities and the population,» the press service added. Khududgaztaminot (Regiongazsnab), the gas supply operator in the republic, reported that interruptions in gas supply are observed in Tashkent and a number of regions of Uzbekistan due to a blackout. According to the company, gas and oil production at 64 fields of Uzbekneftegaz JSC was suspended the day before, which led to a decrease in pressure in main gas pipelines and in local gas networks. On Tuesday, massive power outages were recorded in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, presumably with an accident in the unified energy system of Central Asia. The United Energy System of Central Asia (UES CA), created in the Soviet era, is a block of energy systems, which includes the systems of southern Kazakhstan, as well as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan.
Mining could be one of the causes of the accident in Central Asia, the expert said
