A nationwide power outage struck Georgia at approximately 12:10 a.m. on July 24, leaving much of the country without electricity. Power was also cut in Abkhazia.
The outage caused Georgian Water and Power (GWP) pumping stations to automatically stop operating.
Georgia’s State Electrosystem said the nationwide interruption was caused by an emergency shutdown. The company said restoration work began immediately and electricity would be restored to consumers in stages as quickly as possible.
By the time of its first update, power had already been partly restored in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region and much of Tbilisi.
In a statement issued at 2:09 a.m., the State Electrosystem said restoration efforts were continuing across the country. Electricity had returned to parts of several Tbilisi districts, including Didube, Vake, Mtatsminda and Krtsanisi. Supply had also been restored in parts of Kutaisi, Chiatura, Sachkhere, Oni and Ambrolauri.
“The exact causes of the failure are being determined, and we will provide additional information to the public,” the State Electrosystem said.
The company added that the cause of the emergency shutdown remained under investigation and warned that some claims circulating about the outage were disinformation. It called on media outlets to rely only on official information.
The incident is not the first of its kind. In April 2025, a nationwide blackout was caused by the emergency shutdown of the 500 kV Kavkasioni power transmission line. The shutdown of power generation facilities left around 90% of consumers without electricity across almost all regions of Georgia.
