The Montafon shakes power failure: communities without energy!

The Montafon shakes power failure: communities without energy!

A large -scale power failure shook several municipalities in the Montafon on Saturday evening, February 9, 2025, including Schruns, Vandans and Gantschier. From around 6 p.m., numerous households were without electricity, which caused unrest. The network operator of the affected area, Montafonerbahn or MBS Energie was not available for information at this time. However, the energy supplier Illwerke VKW made it clear that only the network of MBS energy was affected and the VKW would continue to be stable, reported Vol.at .

affected institutions and causes

The power failure had different duration for the affected areas: some reported of an interruption of just a few minutes, while others remained in the dark until 10 or 11 p.m. The Natural Heat Montafon Natural Heat on Gantschierstraße in Schruns was particularly affected. Operations manager Markus Salzmann confirmed that the failure could be quickly remedied, so that the heat supply was not noticeably affected. In a message, he explained that the security chain had also alerted the fire brigade, but were not caused by any major incidents, as vorarlberg.orf supplemented.

The exact cause of the power failure has so far been unknown and is examined by the responsible bodies. However, the quick restoration of the power supply shows that the infrastructure in the Montafon remained stable despite the incident and that there was no critical situation with regard to the heat supply.