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The official spokesperson for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity and Water and Renewable Energy announced that the outage of one of the main transformer stations this morning was caused by a sudden electrical discharge in one of the transformers. This triggered the protective systems to operate, and the station was shut down precautionarily to safeguard the grid. This malfunction affected 414 megawatts of electrical loads and resulted in power outages in areas such as Salmiya, Rumaithiya, Beda'a, Shuhada, Bayan, and the Mubarak Al-Abdullah and Sabah Al-Salem neighborhoods. Immediately after the incident, technical teams responded swiftly to isolate the fault, which allowed them to gradually and safely restore power to all affected areas. Currently, investigations are ongoing to determine the causes of the fault to ensure the safety and stability of Kuwait's electrical network.
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