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Galicia Power Outages Hit Ourense, Vigo and Moaña as Utilities Proceed With Scheduled Cuts in Chile and Argentina

Naturgy is probing the Vigo blackout following the Ourense restoration, with residents increasingly worried about grid resilience.

Overview

  • Naturgy said the 21 October Ourense disruptions stemmed from an underground fault on O Polvorín, causing citywide microcuts and forcing the hospital onto emergency power before the incident was closed at 17:13.
  • The separate Vigo/Coruxo outage on 22 October affected about 3,000 users at its peak and lasted up to nine hours in the worst cases, with most service back by late morning and full resolution around 18:00 under investigation.
  • Moaña saw a roughly 30‑minute cut that impacted up to 4,600 customers on 22 October, followed by brief voltage dips before the system stabilized.
  • Enel carried out programmed service suspensions on 22 October across seven communes in Santiago, with listed time windows as part of a network improvement plan.
  • EPEC in Córdoba and EDES in Bahía Blanca executed planned maintenance interruptions, while shops, traffic systems and classes in Galicia reported losses and disruptions during the unplanned outages.