The Government warns that there could be scheduled power cuts in the summer

The Government warns that there could be scheduled power cuts in the summer

September 22, 2024 – 10:30

Chief of Staff Guillermo Francos announced the measure in anticipation of the arrival of high temperatures that could cause greater demand for electricity supplies. “There will be a schedule,” he said in radio statements.

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The Government confirmed that There will be scheduled power cuts during the next summer due to the shortage of energy supply. The Chief of Staff Guillermo Francos He explained that the high demand combined with years of lack of investment will force this measure to be taken. “It is a situation that has been going on for years,” the official said on the radio this Sunday.

“There will be a schedule, it is assumed that if a very hot summer comes there may be a demand very high light, And since there has been no investment in recent times, there will be a lack of generation and some cuts will have to be scheduled, especially making agreements with the productive and industrial sectors,” said Francos in an interview with Radio Mitre.

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Energy: The Government confirmed that there will be scheduled power cuts in summer

In this regard, the Chief of Staff explained: “It is a situation that comes from years, This must be addressed seriously, with investments, we cannot be subject to improvisation, the Energy Secretariat is working on this issue.”

On the other hand, Francos defended the increase in rates: “They increase, otherwise the cost has to be paid by the State. The cost of operation must always be paid, if there is no reasonable generation, no one can be asked for investment. The State’s policy is to go ending subsidies to avoid generating debt, issuance, inflation.”

Daniel González admitted that it will be a difficult summer with electricity

The secretary of Energy and Mining of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation, Daniel Gonzalez Casartelliacknowledged that there will be energy difficulties in the summer. “It’s going to be a difficult summer”he said in his first public appearance in office, during the celebration of Shell Argentina’s 110th anniversary.

“We have restrictions in the electricity sector, especially in transmission. It’s going to be a difficult summer,” said González before an auditorium packed with hydrocarbon businessmen, national and provincial authorities last week.

According to Gonzalez, one of the energy problems identified will be in generation, which “It will be difficult depending on the temperatures and the water situation.” In this regard, he again pointed to the bottleneck of electric transmission.

The brand new official who reports to the minister Luis Caputo announced that a committee has already been organized “is working on mitigation measures”but clarified that these solutions must be “from the market, fundamental solutions will take time”. On the low, at the meeting held in the El Cubo hall in Vicente López, the lack of infrastructure works due to the slowdown in public works was pointed out.

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