According to ENRE records, at 4:05 p.m., the electricity distributor Edesur reports 25,669 users without service, while Edenor reported 3,161 power outages.
The Buenos Aires neighborhoods without light are Boedo, Constitución, Balvanera, Barracas, Caballito, Constitución, Flores, La Boca, Mataderos, Chacabuco Park and Villa del Parque, and towns in the south of the suburbs such as Admiral Brown, Ezeiza, Avellaneda and Florencio Varela, among others, due to interruptions in the medium or low voltage service. In the West and North those affected were Merlo, Moreno, La Matanza and José C. Paz, Ituzaingó, Pilar, Tres de Febrero, Hurlingham and Tigre, among others.
In this framework, the national government asked large industries to restrict supply from 13 to 16 hours to avoid system stress and maintain residential supply. “The system is working at its best. We have communicated with the large users, who demand the most and do not have a continuous cycle, so that during peak hours they reduce the demand for energy“, affirmed Darío Martínez, Secretary of Energy of the Nation.
“We are facing a historical peak in demand, in the midst of a process of economic growth that is combined with a heat wave throughout the country, and for this reason we have asked for the accompaniment and solidarity of the sector that demands the greatest energy, which is the industry with 30%, we hope that this can be noticed”added the official.
According to Martínez, the national energy system today “It generates enough energy that Argentina demands, but with greater growth there are challenges that must be taken on.”
The Security Minister, Hannibal Fernandez, assured that the system is not fragile. “We took a situation of generation disorder, fundamentally for companies, today in growth. We have to continue organizing and investing”, he asserted. And he added that the large users will support the Government’s request: “From the Ministry of Development and the Secretary of Energy, they spoke with all those (industrialists) that do not have a continuous cycle that moderates consumption between 13 and 16, instead of not have anything in case it is cut, have less. Normally companies are logical and intelligent to make the machinery of which they are a part work.”
The business chambers gave their commitment to the Government to accompany the reduction of electricity consumption. The general secretary of the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME), Ricardo Diab, assured that “It’s time to support and accompany” the Government’s request made to the business sector to reduce energy demand for 48 hours.
“If the issue is for two days and coordinated, there is no difficulty in accompanying the request”, Diab indicated in statements to Radio Con Vos and specified that the Government’s recommendation “It is not so that all the machines are turned off, but to rationalize consumption.”
the president of Industrial Argentine SMEs (IPA), Daniel Rosato, He clarified that the request does not include industries with continuous processes, since in that case the alteration of the production modalities becomes more difficult and onerous. The leader stressed that “for the first time” a government resorts to notifying companies in advance so that they can design their activity, and in this way “minimize the negative impact” due to the temporary drop in production. “It always happened that they cut off our power without prior notice, causing us havoc”, raised.
For its part, the Pro Weaving Foundation, who leads Priscilla Makari and brings together chambers and companies in the textile sector, released a statement stating that it will accompany “the government initiative lowering the use of electrical energy to the minimum possible in the requested hours to avoid greater tensions in the system”.
Terna 226 Edesur
To maintain service, Edesur installed generators in the City of Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires to reinforce the system in the face of the heat wave. Through a statement issued at noon, Edesur apologized to customers for “the inconvenience caused” and remembered “measures to save energy“.
Edesur placed Four Packs generators in different points of the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires, as an extraordinary measure to reinforce the electrical system in the face of the historical heat wave that the country is facing.
Another of the measures adopted by the Government to avoid power outages in homes was to decree an administrative holiday in the public service from 12 noon. The same will happen this Friday. The Chamber of Deputies agreed. In this way, most government buildings would close their doors and would not need to consume electricity. The head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, refused to implement that decision and stated that it has “the vast majority of people doomed to care for the pandemic.”
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