Casablanca is finally back in the light. After several hours of disruption, electricity was fully restored to neighborhoods affected by the major blackout that began shortly after 17:00 on Wednesday following the passage of Storm Charles.
The restoration was made possible by the strong mobilization of teams from the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) and the Casablanca-Settat Regional Multiservice Company (SRM), in coordination with the city’s authorities.
The major outage had plunged several parts of the city into darkness, including Maârif, Sidi Maârouf, Anfa, Californie, Hay Hassani and Dar Bouazza.
Casablanca plongée dans le noir. (A.Gadouz/Le360)
The outage was caused by Storm Charles, which affected several power lines around Casablanca, particularly disrupting electricity supply to the Dar Bouazza and Ouled Haddou substations. The disruption to these key facilities led to a large-scale interruption of electricity distribution.
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Given the scale of the incident, a crisis unit was immediately set up and convened at the Casablanca-Settat regional administration headquarters as soon as the outage began. The meeting was attended by Wali Mohamed Mhidia and the various stakeholders involved in managing and operating the electricity network.
This coordination made it possible to monitor developments and mobilize the human and technical resources needed to speed up interventions and restore power as quickly as possible, despite particularly difficult weather conditions.
