Lithuania restores power to 87% of customers after storm; 34,000 still affected

Energijos skirstymo operatorius (ESO) has restored electricity to 87% of its customers who lost power due to a severe storm, according to company representative Rasa Juodkienė. Over 1,000 electricians and engineers are working across Lithuania to restore power to the remaining 34,000 affected clients.

The company has concentrated its efforts in the areas most impacted by the storm, including the municipalities of Anykščiai and Kazlų Rūda, as well as the Utena region. In Marijampolė and its surrounding district, even more personnel are deployed than on the previous day, with work expected to continue until late into the night.

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Currently, 87% of customers whose supply was disrupted by the storm have electricity. Today, more than 1,000 electricians and engineers continue to work throughout Lithuania to ensure electricity for 34,000 of our customers.

ESO plans to fully restore electricity supply to all consumers by the end of the week. However, the company acknowledges that some individual disruptions or highly complex cases may require more time to resolve due to completely destroyed network infrastructure. They anticipate that a few isolated outages or very difficult cases might persist.

Following the powerful storm, which caused trees to fall in many parts of Lithuania, resulted in one death and four injuries, and disrupted power to over 268,000 consumers, the Lithuanian government declared a nationwide state of emergency. ESO has announced it will compensate direct storm damages for customers experiencing power outages longer than 72 hours, with a maximum compensation of 220 euros available through a simplified procedure starting in September.

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As we said earlier, we expect that individual disruptions and/or very complex cases will remain, where more time is needed to implement a temporary technical solution because the network is completely destroyed.