The State Electricity System Operator /ESO/ notified ERM West that on May 8, 2026 it will carry out repair activities at the “Bukyovcsi“ 110/20 kV substation.
Due to the repair activities at the ESO facility, for the period from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on May 8, 2026, electricity consumers in part of the town of Mizia and the villages of Voivodovo, Krushovitsa, Lipnitsa, Sarajevo and Sofronievo in the municipality of Mizia will be without power supply; the villages of Butan, Kriva Bara, Glozhene and Harlets in the municipality of Kozloduy and the villages of Hayredin, Manastirishte and Mihailovo in the municipality of Hayredin, Vratsa region.
ERM Zapad, as the operator of the electricity distribution network, is obliged to ensure safe conditions for the implementation of activities at the ESO facility.
ERM Zapad is taking all measures to minimize inconvenience to consumers. The company is constantly ready to respond in case of need. Information about the areas where planned outages are coming, their duration, as well as whether a specific address falls within their scope, can be found on the website of ERM Zapad, in the Outages section: https://ermzapad.bg/bg/za-klienta/prekusvania/.
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