IEC's 103 hotline collapsed • Many surfers reported that the website did not work either • Tenants in many places got stuck in elevators during the break and needed to be rescued
An unusual incident occurred during the night between Thursday and Friday, after many residents reported extensive power outages in many cities and towns across the country.
The cause of the malfunction at this stage is unknown, but the IEC informed us shortly afterwards that there was a load shedding and that the electricity was gradually being returned to all customers.
good evening.
There is now a load shedding.
The electricity is gradually returned to all customers.
Israel Electric Company (@IecIsrael) October 29, 2020
Some of the cities, localities and areas where there were and still are power supplies: Jerusalem, Holon, Beer Sheva, Petah Tikva, Bnei Brak, Pardes Hanna, Kfar Saba, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Tel Aviv, Shoham, Nahal Sorek, Kiryat Ono, Ganei Tikva, Rishon To Zion, Lod, Netanya, Rehovot, Or Akiva, Raanana, Gedera and the Upper Galilee.
Load shedding occurs when there is a sudden malfunction in the production system, or in the power transmission network, and it impairs the sensitive balance and causes an automatic response of the protection systems, which act to prevent the production system from collapsing to the point of regional or national darkness.
When the protection system automatically shuts off the power supply, it is a load shedding.
The Friends organization reported that volunteers are now operating in parallel in a large number of cities due to numerous calls received at the hotline, rescuing trapped people from elevators that got stuck following a power line fall.
