Several hundred residents of the southern Georgian Marneuli region blocked the central highway to Tbilisi on 2 September to protest the mounting electricity shortage. The Marneuli region has been without adequate electricity for nearly a week and similar protests in other regions have already been staged. Georgian government officials announced that Russia\'s Unified Energy Systems (EES) would resume electricity to most regions after completing repairs to the Kavkasioni high-voltage transmission lines. EES assumed management on 1 September of the Telasi energy-distribution company that provides power to the Georgian capital. (ITAR-TASS)