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One Plant Tripped in Kyrgyzstan, Four Countries Go Dark

By Sobir Kurbanov and Amel Metjahic on 16 September 2026

What the August 14 Blackout Revealed About Central Asia’s Shared Power System The Almaty metro stopped, and the traffic lights went dark at around 14:37 local time on Aug. 14. The trigger occurred in Kyrgyzstan’s Toktogul Hydropower Plant, where two generating units had tripped, taking roughly 600 MW off...