Power will be cut tomorrow, Friday 13 November, in Dimitrovgrad and four villages in the region, Elektrorazpredelenie Yug said.

The Iztok neighbourhood in Dimitrovgrad will be without power longest, with two cuts: from 9:30am to 4pm and from 9:30am to 5pm.

The first is for repairs and upgrades of equipment under the company's investment and repair programme. It hits the central and north-western parts of the neighbourhood (Mlada Gvardia – houses). Customers on the Mlada Gvardia transformer substation, feeder 1, will lose power, as will businesses and shops in the area. The cuts run on working days from 2 to 20 November.

The second is for repairs on the medium-voltage feeder "Maritsa 20kV". The Mlada Gvardia transformer substation will have no power, and the Mariyno wastewater treatment plant, run by Dimitrovgrad water utility, will have no backup supply.

In Voden, power will go off from 8:30am to 1pm in the centre of the village so crews can make the lines safe for repair work. Customers on transformer substation 2, feeder 2, are affected, along with nearby businesses and shops. The cuts have run daily since 9 November, and tomorrow is the last day.

In Lambukh and Kamilski Dol, power will go off from 9am to 9:30am and from 4pm to 4:30pm. In Gorski Izvor, at the "G. Izvor 4" transformer substation, power will be off from 9am to 2pm, and the cuts continue until 14 November. No reason was given for the cuts in these three villages.