2023-09-18 20:05:00
The alternative station to the Epen transformer station to energize Centenario and Vista Alegre will be in operation for at least 6 to 8 months at the location where a failure occurred which left four cities without power from Friday to Sunday, it was estimated by the provincial entity. Today fire damage assessment began project layout for the new transformer station and the detail of which must compensate third parties for the equipment and supplies they were given.
The service was normalized following 1:30 p.m. in all affected sectors, while the Chos Malal worker who was injured in his hands due to the work at the site, he recovered from the accident.
«Son several million that are not provided for in the budget» of the entity, said Francisco Zambón, who preferred not to estimate the damages or yet quantify what the new facility will demand. He said that he will deliver the economic report to the provincial government following solving the blackout that affected the urban area of Centenario from Friday to Sunday and that partially also occurred in Vista Alegre, Cordero and Campo Grande.
Neuquén capital had water supply problems on Friday and Saturday in the most populated neighborhoods from Godoy Street to the border with Plottier, because the impulse pumping of the supply through the Mari Menuco canal is energized by the transformer station that burned down, but The lack of power was made up for by a station in Oldelval.
It was estimated to reconnect this service today from the alternative station that was set up in the San Martín neighborhood, fenced area, where the 13.5 kw complex is located. The station that burned is medium voltage and left the high voltage station out of service.
«An alternative station to the one that was destroyed by fire was rebuilt in record time; It is working and we believe it is safe, but it does not provide the versatility and guarantees of the transformer station that we had,” explained Francisco Zambón, head of EPEN.
He added that for regarding 2 weeks there will be 4 generating sets on site to monitor the operation of the station built outdoors and minimize outages in the event of possible adjustments, because as the station is, it must energize the areas that the previous one served. with medium and high voltage at least for 6 to 8 months before a new one is built.
From Friday to Sunday in much of Centenario There were no public lighting or ATMs, businesses might not make electronic payments, the large surfacesThey ran on their own generators and small businesses used diesel engines to maintain the refrigerators. working.
At home, many families took the meat collection from the freezers to the homes of relatives and acquaintances in Cinco Saltos, Neuquén or Plottier or Senillosa.
In the absence of light Friday and Saturday non-existent cell phone networks were added, that on Saturday following noon it was restored, as was the electrical service in Vista Alegre and areas from the Neuquén Industrial Park to the service station in front of the Centenario Deliberative Council, in the access area to the city.
With a line from the OldelVal firm, energy was supplied to the PIN area and toll area to the service station; Edersa energized Campo Grande and Barda del Medio while a station in Vista Alegres provided electricity to that town and the Casco Viejo area of Centenario, including the pumping of drinking water to the city cistern.
On Monday everything was reconnected to the alternative station.
The accident, due to its magnitude and impact on users, was similar to that of 2018 in Zapala, although there was no memory of such an extensive and widespread blackout. Because the protection and maneuvering elements did not work, the insulation melted, the trench burned and a train with 13 cells of 13.2 kw (average) that supplied Centenario and Vista Alegre was destroyed, which took the ET out of service. and the 133kv high voltage line that supplies Vista Alegre, Campo Grande and Barda, Zambón explained.
He detailed that reclosers, spare parts and cables were brought from the EPEN headquarters in Zapalaalthough additionally there was the collaboration of materials from companies such as Calf, Edersa, Transcomahue, energy departments of several oil companies “They offered material and we used it, so we must replace what they lent us and what was used,” he said.
The Engineering department analyzed the emergency investment in the alternative station, the structure of the building that burned, the roof, and the restitution of the 13.2 kw power and command cables. “Everything was destroyed, it will be necessary to analyze whether it is built in another place with another technology, or in the place already repaired, the equipment is already in the design and preliminary project,” he highlighted.
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