Energy Market Authority probes blackout
SINGAPORE - The Energy Market Authority is investigating on
Wednesday why vital gas supplies from neighbouring Indonesia were
disrupted, triggering extensive power failures across Singapore on
Tuesday night.
Thousands of homes were plunged into darkness as the current went
dead at about 10pm, while traffic lights also failed.
Some of 'our power stations have generators running on natural gas,
so when the natural gas supply was disrupted, the generators
tripped out,' Energy Market Authority Deputy Chief Executive Yeo
Yek Seng told NewsRadio 93.8.
Singapore imports substantial quantities of natural gas from
Indonesia.
'The causes of this natural gas disruption will be investigated,'
he added. -- AP
