The former Secretary of Energy and Mining said that the situation “was warned” and that the current administration decided not to go ahead with the tender that had been requested because “they want to modify the system.”
After the Government confirmed that there will be scheduled power outages during the summer, the former Secretary of Energy and Mining, Flavia Royon, He assured that the situation “I was warned” and it is “critical.” In this regard, he explained that there was a tender to acquire more generation that was cancelled.
“The system was studied, the critical nodes were analyzed, but The tender was cancelled in September because the new administration believes that it involved long-term contracts and they want to modify the system; and they did not present an alternative plan,” said the former official, who headed the Energy portfolio during the administration of Alberto Fernández and during the first months of management of Javier Milei.
Royón stressed the seriousness of the problem and pointed out that “every month that is lost is time lost,” he said and explained that these plants to generate energy “They are not built overnight. Palliative measures must be taken, there are alternatives.”
Royón, in radio statements, pointed out that this situation “was foreseen and that is why we wanted to make a tender” to achieve greater thermal generation. In this regard, he pointed out that “the new administration understands that had long-term contracts involved and they want modify the system; and they did not present an alternative plan.”
Finally, the former secretary warned that the energy problem could also extend into the summer of 2026.
The Government announced that there will be scheduled power cuts during the summer
This Sunday, the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francossaid that high demand combined with years of lack of investment will force scheduled power cuts. “It is a situation that has been going on for years,” said the official in radio statements.
“There is going to be a programming, It is assumed that if a very hot summer comes there may be a very high demand for lightand since there have been no investments in recent times, There will be a lack of generation and some outages will have to be scheduledabove all making agreements with the productive and industrial sectors.”
For his part, the current Secretary of Energy and Mining of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation, Daniel Gonzalez Casartelli, He acknowledged that there will be energy difficulties in the summer.It’s going to be a complicated summer“, he said in his first public appearance in his position, during the celebration of Shell Argentina’s 110th anniversary.
Source: Ambito
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