In the midst of a heat wave, 200,000 AMBA households suffered power cuts

One day when the thermal sensation reached 40 degrees, more than 200,000 households from different parts of the suburbs of Buenos Aires and some neighborhoods of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires suffered power cuts yesterday the fact that there was a historic demand for energy consumption due to the heat wave. And although the day ended, this figure fell to 50,000, this Saturday, there are still 11,000 users affected, reported the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE).

Today, the most affected areas correspond to the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires de small horse and flowerswhere the Edesur concessionaire operates, Walter Martello, head of ENRE, told Radio Miter.

According to his forecast, “there should be no more cuts” since “Saturdays have the particularity that many will spend the weekend outside and that the demand curve drops”. After 8 a.m., he said, it was “below the usual average.”

“If we all knew anything, it was the weather scenario for this year. Quarterly reports indicated that hot situations were going to occur even in February, when the temperature generally drops,” warned Martorello, who also noted that the cut between Edenor users was lower than Edesur users and It only affected 3,000 homes.

Yesterday, from its Twitter account, the Edesur company reported that “due to electricity production deficit, The network operator asked us to temporarily interrupt the supply of 180,000 customers until the electricity shortage is gradually restored.

And he added: “At 1:45 p.m. we had a historical record of demand in our concession area which reached 4181 MW, according to CAMMESA data”.

In this sense, the official website of the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE) showed that, after 3:30 p.m., some 176,944 Edesur users de la Ville and the Conurbano were without light; While the others 6,372 Edenor customers They also had no electricity.

Edesur explained that the reduced load level translates to initially having to leave 180,000 customers without service. And they clarified that when a generation machine entered the system, the Sociedad Anónima Centro de Movimiento de Energía (SACME) gave the indication to standardize the service. In addition, they clarified that the company only distributes energy, it does not produce it.

Finally, power returned between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. for Edesur users and between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. for Edenor users. For the first concession area, the most affected municipalities in Buenos Aires were avellaneda (8.161), Ezeiza (5.426), Esteban Echeverria (4.941) yes berazategui (4423); and the porteño neighborhoods of Withdrawal (1.576) y Patricks Park (1.323).

Meanwhile, among the cities in Buenos Aires most affected by Edenor was San Isidro (1542); and the neighborhoods in Buenos Aires that suffered the most from the power cuts were Palermo (86) y bellgrano (34).

At 4:30 p.m., Edesur reported that 50,000 users had recovered power and that there were around 130,000 still without power. SO, Around 6:00 p.m., the situation tended to normalize.

These cuts took place less than a week after the government formalized the increases in electricity bills of between 17% and 29%, on average, for February in the AMBA. This is for middle and high income sectors, depending on the segmentation. On the other hand, the sectors with the lowest incomes will not have any modifications.

The new rate schedules date from February 1, so they come into effect this month and customers will see them reflected on their bills in the coming weeks, depending on the billing closing date of each.

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The National Meteorological Service (SMN) issued this Friday an orange alert for extreme temperatures for several places in Corrientes, Misiones, San Luis, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires.

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Additionally, a yellow heat alert is in effect for much of Corrientes, Córdoba, La Pampa, Entre Ríos, San Juan, Mendoza and Buenos Aires.

According to the SMN, the orange alert covers the city of Buenos Aires, where A maximum of 39° is expected for this Saturday and extends over part of the center and west of the province of Buenos Aires where temperatures above 38° are expected.

This warning level for extreme temperatures indicates that the maximum marks forecast for the day may have a moderate to high effect on the health of the general population, and can be very dangerous, in particular for groups at risk, according to the SMN.

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