Since Wednesday October 9, 2024, a breakdown in the electricity network has deprived the small town of Lizine (Doubs) of power. The 80 residents are powered by an emergency generator. Enedis identified a fault on an underground cable after the passage of storm Kirk.
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“It’s not as dramatic as if we had been flooded, recognizes Pascal Gossebut we quickly become isolated, no more telephone, no more internet.” The mayor of Lizine (Doubs) is no longer worried about his constituents. Suddenly deprived of electricity during the night of Wednesday October 9 to Thursday October 10, the village of 80 inhabitants is now powered by an emergency generator. He arrived from Pontarlier with a large carrier, it’s not a small thing, it consumes at least 200 liters of fuel oil per day!”specifies to France 3 Franche-Comté the elected official who salutes the responsiveness and efforts of Enedis.
A somewhat mysterious breakdown which has still not been located. “It is true it’s a bit surprisingadmits Pascal Gosse. The outage is apparently located in an underground part of the network. It is a line which is 1 to 1.5 km long and which was buried years ago, because we are on the protected sites of the Loue valley and the Lison valley.”
But it is certain today, it is the violent gusts of the Kirk depression which are at the origin of the problem. “This is a fault on the underground line between Charnay and Lizineconfirms Yohann Rossignol, the territorial director of Enedis in Doubs. Three faults on overhead lines actually caused electrical problems and a rise in potential on the line, which caused a breakage, probably on a junction accessory.”
A laboratory truck should go to the site this Wednesday to identify the precise location of the defect on the section and an earthmoving company could already be at work on Thursday to enable repairs.
In Lizine, there is relief. Because no one wants to relive this long “blackout”. “30 hours without electricity is a long timeconfides the mayor. As far as I remember, this has never happened here.” The power outage especially damaged the agricultural operation located in the town. The breeder has around twenty dairy cows and he was rescued by a farmer from Cléron who lent him a generator to ensure milking on Thursday evening.
Residents were also able to take advantage of Didier Jacquin’s generator, who owns a pizza truck and has his laboratory at home. “I had to charge all the cell phones in the villagehe smiles. Everyone helped each other, 60% of the residents are elderly and it’s true that it can quickly become complicated for them.”.
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