After a day of stifling heat and in the middle of the end of the year celebrations, more than 38 thousand users still without light at Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, according to figures released by the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE).
Between yesterday and the day before yesterday, complaints from company users began to increase Edesur The Edenor in relation to the lack of supply registered in the last days. However, yesterday the complaints were heard with the arrival of the New Year.
More than 50 thousand families received 2022 without electricity and the anger and fed up was glimpsed in the social networks, where several people gave account of the difficult situation.
Some people shared the difficult moment that older adults experienced last night due to power outages that have not yet stopped. Such was the case of a man on Twitter who shared images of his 88-year-old mother going down 8 flights of stairs during the New Year’s festivities.
According to the figures registered by the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE), following 1:30 p.m., 38,542 users were without electricity supply, of them, more than 2,537 users in Edenor’s area of interference Y 36,005 adherents, from the Edesur company.
The most affected places in Capital, according to Edenor are: Recoleta and Palermo, in Capital. In the province, most of the cuts in that network are concentrated in La Matanza, Merlo and Pilar.
The areas with the most problems in the Edesur area of interference in the City are Caballito, Liniers and Mataderos. Meanwhile, in the province, the areas with the most complaints are Ezeiza, Cañuelas and Presidente Perón.
The areas with the most problems according to the Edesur company are: Caballito, Liniers and Mataderos, in the City. Meanwhile, in the province, the areas with the most claims are Ezeiza, Cañuelas and Presidente Perón.
Yesterday followingnoon Edesur had issued a statement in which it apologized to its customers for the failures and pointed out that the company’s technical teams were working “hard” to restore service throughout the day.
The electricity supply company said yesterday that the failures occurred “due to the high demand to which the network is subjected as a result of high temperatures” and the peak demand.
“The heat wave of the last few days, with maximums that touched 38 ° and minimums of 30 ° at night, generated stress in the electrical system of the concession area. On Wednesday, CAMMESA reported that a nationwide consumption record was set due to the heat. The demand reached 27,088 MW, which generated an over-demand on the electrical system ”, they explained from Edesur.
“The biggest inconveniences in our network were detected especially in some neighborhoods of the Federal Capital, those that suffered longer cuts. This is due to the fact that in that area of the concession area the laying is underground, so detecting the fault and its corresponding repair takes longer than in areas with an overhead network ”, the company detailed yesterday.
