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1. Brownouts are intentional or unintentional drops in voltage that last for minutes or hours, causing dimming of lights. Power interruptions are temporary losses of power in a specific area, while blackouts are total losses of power to an area. 2. Common causes of brownouts and power interruptions include storms, lightning, equipment failures, accidents involving vehicles/animals/trees, and high demand. Planned interruptions occur for maintenance or repairs. 3. Identifying the root causes of outages and doing reconstruction work on aging infrastructure can help reduce the frequency and duration of power interruptions.

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Power Intruption 1

1. Brownouts are intentional or unintentional drops in voltage that last for minutes or hours, causing dimming of lights. Power interruptions are temporary losses of power in a specific area, while blackouts are total losses of power to an area. 2. Common causes of brownouts and power interruptions include storms, lightning, equipment failures, accidents involving vehicles/animals/trees, and high demand. Planned interruptions occur for maintenance or repairs. 3. Identifying the root causes of outages and doing reconstruction work on aging infrastructure can help reduce the frequency and duration of power interruptions.

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Differences between Brownout, Power Interruption and Blackout

Brownout

• Is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. Intentional brownouts
are used for load reduction in an emergency. The reduction lasts for minutes or hours, as opposed to short-
term voltage sag (or dip). The term brownout comes from the dimming experienced by incandescent lighting
when the voltage sags.
• A period of time when the electricity supply is not strong enough to supply all the power that is needed.
• High demand in electricity = reduced voltage.

Power Interruption
• Loss of electric power in a specific area. May be scheduled for service improvements, or unscheduled due to
emergencies.
• There are many causes of power failures in an electricity network. Examples of these causes include faults
at power stations, damage to electric transmission lines, substations or other parts of the distribution system,
a short circuit, cascading failure, fuse or circuit breaker operation.
Blackout
• Total or partial system collapse in the power grid = loss of electric power.
• Total loss of power to an area and is the most severe form of power outage that can occur. Blackouts which
result from or result in power stations tripping are particularly difficult to recover from quickly. Outages may
last from a few minutes to a few weeks depending on the nature of the blackout and the configuration of the
electrical network.
Common Causes of Brownouts
• Thunderstorms may cause an interference with the electric power distribution.
• Overloads on an electrical system.
• Faulty circuit design, like a corroded circuit breaker, bad main terminals, or faulty neutral wires, etc.
Common Causes of Power Outage/Interruption/Blackout
Here are some of the most common causes of Power Outage/Interruption;

1. Storms/Typhoons
• Most common causes of widespread power outages.
2. Lightning Strikes
• When lightning strikes electrical equipment, transmission towers, wires and poles, Power Interruption can
occur.

3. Earthquakes
• Quakes of all sizes can damage electrical facilities and power lines.
4. Vehicles
• A vehicle collision with a utility pole can cause a power outage.
5. Animals
• Wildlife animals, mouse, birds, snakes and other small animals may still cause a short circuit.
6. Trees
• During high winds, Clearing operations or trimming of trees can come into contact with power lines and
cause interruptions.
7. High Demand of Power
• During summer and other times of unusually high power demand, overburdened electric cables,
transformers, and other electrical equipment can may fail.
8. Service Improvements, or Emergency Repair
• Electric utility companies may improve their services or repair on power stations, electric transmission lines
and distribution lines.
Causes and solutions for sudden power outages

Power interruption can occur due to planned states or unplanned breakdowns or accidents. Power will be
interrupted for the sake of performing power line maintenance work, building rehabilitation projects, installing new
transformers, relocating power lines in a planned way to maintain precaution.

Unplanned or sudden power outages occur when distribution line poles fall due to aging or accidents, break,
blown over by wind, and medium voltage insulators burst and crack.

Along with properly identifying the causes of power outages, the Utility is carrying out reconstruction works and
taking various other remedial measures to reduce the frequency of power interruptions and provide reliable service.
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የአዳማ ኢንዱስትሪያል ፓርክ


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የኤልክትሪክ የኤልክትሪክ ኤልክትሪክ ኤልክትሪክ ኤልክትሪክ ኃይል መቋረጡ ያደረሰው ኪሳራ(በቁጥርና
ኃይል ኃይል ተቋርጦ የተቋረጠባቸው የተቋረጠባ በገንዘብ
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ተ.ቁ ጊዜ /አገልግሎት ምክንያት ክ እቃዎች ብልሽት መስተጓጎል(በቁ ላ
. መስጫዎች ብልሽት ጥርንና
ብዛት በገንዘብ)
ቀን ሰዓት ቀን ሰዓ
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