End of concession?
Immediately afterwards, the official explained that “she instructed the ENRE to initiate the corresponding administrative actions to solve immediately, and definitively, this type of situation that is repeated year after year.”
“Our pulse will not tremble if that implies having to terminate the concession contract for the electrical distribution service in charge of the EDESUR company,” launched the leader from Salta on social networks.
https://twitter.com/FlaviaRoyon/status/1624920978785443842
Immediately, the ENRE will instruct to reinforce the crews to restore the service and will begin the audit of compliance with the summer plan presented.
— Flavia Royon (@FlaviaRoyon) February 12, 2023
Finally, he said that “the ENRE will immediately instruct to reinforce the crews to restore the service and will begin the audit of compliance with the summer plan presented.”
This Sunday night, when Royón issued the warning on social networks, the official ENRE website reported that more than 28,000 Edesur users remained without electricity.
Record energy demand
The intense heat wave that plagues Argentina had its correlate in the demand for energy, that this Sunday reached a new historical record of power at the national level.
Through a statement, the Association of Electricity Distributors of the Argentine Republic (ADEERA) reported that the maximum historical power for a summer Sunday was exceeded, reaching 25,734 MW at 4:15 p.m.
In this way, they expanded, the maximum peak of 23,724 MW that had been registered on December 11, 2022 at 3:54 p.m. was exceeded, according to data reported by the Wholesale Electricity Market Administration Company (CAMMESA).
Source: Ambito