2024-02-01 23:57:00
He national electrical system This Thursday it surpassed the historical record of 29,105 MW registered on March 13, 2023according to data from the Wholesale Electricity Market Administration Company (CAMMESA). Hoytemperatures exceeded 38 degrees, causing a significant energy demand to the interconnected systemwhich at 2:30 p.m. it needed 29,520 megawatts.
Cammesa already had foreseen that this Thursday the record for electricity demand was broken given that every time the temperature remains above the 20° for several nights in a rowhay possibility of cuts in the supplies.
Consequently, some Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires neighborhoods They experienced interruptions on Wednesday night, the Noticias Argentinas agency reported.
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This situation occurs in a context in which the thermal sensation in the City of Buenos Aires exceeded 40 degrees at 1 p.m. and on a day when alerts for extreme temperatures are in effect in 20 provinces of the country.
Which are the neighborhoods that were left without electricity supply?
Given this level of consumption, according to the figures on the state of the electrical service reported on the official website of the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE), after 3 p.m. there were 42,015 Edesur customers without electricity supply and 16,895 Edenor customers.
The Buenos Aires towns affected in the Edesur area are Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Berazategui, Esteban Echeverria, Ezeiza, Florencio Varela, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Presidente Perón, Quilmes and San Vicente.
Also in the City of Buenos Aires, homes in the neighborhoods of Almagro, Barracas, Caballito, Floresta, Mataderos, Monte Castro, Parque Chacabuco, Parque Las Unidas, Recoleta, San Cristóbal, San Telmo, Villa Crespo, Villa Devoto are without electricity supply. , Villa Lugano, Villa Riachuelo, Villa Soldati and Villa Santa Rita.
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Meanwhile, the Edesur concession areas affected by the lack of supply at noon were the Buenos Aires towns of 3 de Febrero, Escobar, General Rodríguez, General San Martín, Hurlingham, Ituzaingó, La Matanza, Malvinas Argentinas, Merlo, Moreno, Morón, Pilar, San Fernando, San Isidro, San Miguel, Tigre and Vicente López.
Electrical system in crisis
The Secretary of Energy, Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo, warned that the national electrical system was saturated and in crisis because the rates “do not reflect the economic cost of the supply” and that There is no infrastructure to improve the service.
The Secretariat asks users to make “rational and responsible use of energy, both at home and at work” to overcome the heat wave.
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