General Mayor Says Bucharest City Hall Ready To Face New Wave Of Snowfall
The Bucharest city hall is ready to put in use 700 machines in order to curb the effects of heavy snowfall, Bucharest general mayor Gabriela Firea said Tuesday evening.“We are ready to face a second wave of show this winter, as well, so that people will not be affected in any way and institutions can be operational,” Firea also said.
Firea added that public means of transportation were supplemented and urged Bucharest people to avoid using their personal cars to allow snow removal operations. (Puterea)
Codes Orange, Yellow For Snowfall And Blizzard In 15 Counties And Bucharest The National Weather Administration (ANM) has issued, on Tuesday, new Code Orange and Code Yellow weather warnings for snowfall and blizzard for 15 counties and the City of Bucharest starting tonight and in force until Wednesday night.According to meteorologists, between January 10 (10 p.m.) and January 11 (8 a.m.), a Code Orange for blizzard and glazed frost will be in force in the counties of Constanta and Tulcea. In the mentioned period, the wind will blow with gusts reaching 70 — 80 km/h and blizzard conditions, but also wintry showers are forecast.
Furthermore, in the period between January 10 (11 p.m.) and January 11 (3 p.m.), another six counties in the Moldavia and Wallachia regions will be under Code Orange for blizzard and glazed frost. As such, on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday and the first part of Wednesday, the counties of Calarasi, Ialomita, Galati, Buzau and Vrancea, blizzards are expected, with winds reaching 70 — 80 km/h in gusts, blowing away snow and reducing visibility under 50 meters.
The counties under Code Yellow are Iasi, Bacau, Vaslui, Vrancea, Buzau, Prahova, Dambovita, Giurgiu, Teleorman and Bucharest. (Adevarul)
Cernavoda Unit 1 Desynchronized From Power Grid Romanian state-run nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica decided to desynchronize from the National Power Grid Unit 1 of Nuclear Power Plant (CNE) Cernavoda, starting Tuesday evening, 10 p.m.. “The controlled and planned desynchronization of CNE Cernavoda is done for conducting some works of desensibilizing the excitation system of Unit 1 generator in order to avoid possible automatic starts of the system on the ground of some weather perturbations, as it happened on 8 November 2016 and 6 January 2017. Concretely, the work consists of implementing a modification of the excitation system of the Unit 1 generator, by replacing an electronic card with a new-type of re-designed card, which filters more efficiently the perturbations induced by severe weather conditions,” the company points out. The works will take up approximately 8 hours, and Unit 1 will be re-synchronized to the National Power Grid on the morning of 11 January.Nuclearelectrica representatives point out that, previously to adopting a planned stopping, they made sure there will be no negative impact of this suspension on the safe functioning of the National Power Grid on the night of 10-11 January 2017, as the consumption volume is secured. (Adevarul)
Romania Saw Historic Gas Consumption On Monday Romania consumed on Monday and on the night of Monday to Tuesday a record-volume of natural gas, namely 72.4 million cubic metres, and similar levels are expected on Tuesday, Energy Minister Toma Petcu said on Tuesday. “We are preparing for tonight to ensure the same functionality, the same production capacity, the same import, the same reserve to be made available from the gas reserve. We are estimating the same peak tonight, 71-72 million cubic metres. We are prepared to cover these peaks,” the minister also said. In the electricity area, the Monday consumption stood at 9,700 MW, a level exceeded in December 2016. The Energy Minister added that he asked the gas suppliers to be prepared in case additional interventions are needed. (Evenimentul Zilei) Social Democrat Head Says Public Officials’ Wages Will Be Cut Social democrat head Liviu Dragnea said the Social Democratic Party (PSD) would reject an ordinance adopted two years ago, which raised the monthly wages of the country’s top officials. Dragnea said the country’s president, the heads of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies and the prime minister, all have the same monthly wage, RON215 million. He added this is way too much, considering that Romania’s minimum wage reaches RON1,450. Dragnea pointed out that he would only agree with this ordinance if all Romanians got bigger wages. (Puterea)