On January 19, 2018 at 11.22 AM, there was a report of power outage in Yelabuga. According to preliminary information, the entire city with a population of 70.2 thousand people, as well as objects of "Alabuga" special economic zone were hit by the shutdown. The reason of the disconnection is damage of an air line between the substations of Toyma 2 and Yelabuga 1, and, as a result, drawdown of automatics protection. The operational headquarters of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan has been created and in functioning.