When the Curonian Spit runs out of electricity, the anger of some tourists and the loss of businessmen

Although the Curonian Spit does not have electricity, it is necessary to pay the entrance to the protected area. The input input works because it has a generator. And cashiers note that the number of tourists is not decreasing either, because they seem to be concerned with the unique nature, not the electricity.

“Electricity does not mean anything. The man is not going to heat the coffee, but to sunbathe. So that people continue working,” says the cashier at the Antanas Katėnas stall.

Neringa’s businessmen urge visitors not to be surprised why the peninsula has no electricity. Laughing, they remind you that today is a magical day.

“Then we realized that we had a disaster, like a virus, that slowed down all activities and lives. Now it is mid-summer, it can be said that this is the 13th case,” says Meilė Berletienė, manager of the cafe in Neringa .

Some locals say they thought ahead of time how they would do it without electricity, so they didn’t buy much food up front so it wouldn’t go wrong. And whose refrigerators are broken, especially fishermen, rented a generator.

“Will run service, fuel will continue to contribute, and the unit itself does not have a high rental price. We have no other choice because there are many freezers where products are stored. People still want to eat something, but they can have coffee, ”says Ričardas Kauneckas, the owner of the cafe.

Some generators are not very powerful, so some of the work in cafes and shops has stagnated, others will be waiting for hungry tourists when there is electricity.

“Hot soups will come to eat, and we’ll see more in the fall what the results will be like after such a spring and summer,” says M. Berletienė.

In order not to melt the ice cream, and its vendors are forced to build generators.

“Losses, but whatever you do, you have to rent a generator. It is more expensive to buy, because it is not necessary every day, “says Vytautas Damulevičius, an ice cream vendor.

The municipalities of Neringa, the store staff, the police and the doctors are not lazy either. The generators save everyone.

“I poured water at night. Bathing is good, everything is fine, ”says the resident.

Still, some tourists are mad at who turned off the electricity in the heat of the season.

“We came with a little boy who is not even a year old. There is nowhere to heat the mixes. We promised to call and ask how he is here. Absolutely not on time, I had to at least warn” the tourist was angry.

“The refrigerator does not work, nothing like that, there are no big problems, it would be important to have good weather,” added another.

The Neringa government assured that half a year ago it was agreed when there would be no electricity on the peninsula.

“We think the time is not very long, two days. We are talking about a brilliant period of the day,” says Narūnas Lendraitis, deputy mayor of Neringa.

But having no electricity is fun for sailors. They are anxiously waiting for the energy dangerous yachts to recover.

“The foreigners do not know our details, they did not look at the marine maps, they went under the cables and the ship was burned,” says the Neringa sailor.

The Neringa government says the power works are now one of the last.

“The power substations have been redesigned, now it is the finish line. The line that runs through the entire Curonian Spit is cabling and the powerful large pillars that do not adorn our landscape will be phased out, “said the deputy mayor.

Specialists from Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) completed the work of changing the line on the Curonian Spit, connecting the Juodkrante and Klaipėda transformer faster than promised, so electricity on the peninsula did not appear at 4 pm, as it was scheduled but at 2 pm

Delphi Remember that early on Monday morning at the Curonian Spit the electricity supply was interrupted for ten hours due to the repair of the electrical network.

ESO has previously announced that the Juodkrante transformation substations in Klaipėda at Mariai and Curonian Spit will be shut down during the works, as a result of which there will be no technical possibilities to supply electricity at Curonian Spit.

Electricity The Curonian Spit is reached by the 110 kV high-voltage Litgrid power line running over the Curonian Lagoon, therefore, to achieve long-term reliability, according to ESO, it is necessary to update the connections of the energy substations to the transmission network.

On Monday, the last stage of the Curonian Spit power line renovation project was implemented.