An extended blackout in the country was recorded on the afternoon of this Wednesday.
Power outages affect several provinces.
In Mendoza, the entire service fell.
Clarín coverage, minute by minute.
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03.01.2023 18:02
18:02
Mendoza: the entire province without electricity due to the massive blackout
"What happened that not even the traffic lights are working, entering the city is chaos."
Messages of this type in Mendoza chats began to explode after the general blackout that affected the entire province of Cuyo and a large part of the country.
The widespread power outage occurred after 4:30 p.m., when many Mendoza woke up from their nap.
It was a temperature of 35 degrees, an unusual record for March, in the week of the Harvest.
The state water and sanitation company called for a responsible and moderate use of drinking water.
He warned of supply cuts in the case of areas where water is supplied with wells, which have an electrical system for extracting water.
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03.01.2023 17:59
17:59
Nucleoeléctrica took off Atucha I as responsible for the massive cut
"We clarify that the massive interruption of electricity supply that occurred this afternoon was not caused by the Atucha I Nuclear Power Plant, but by failures in the interconnected system," the energy company wrote on Twitter.
"Due to this external inconvenience, Atucha I went out of service and is in a safe stop," they concluded.
03.01.2023 17:56
17:56
The CAMMESA page, also with problems
Cammesa page.
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The Compañía Administradora del Mercado Mayorista Eléctrico Sociedad Anónima, such is its official name, provides the electricity demand curve for the entire country on its website.
However, after the start of the massive power outage, the site was down for several minutes.
After 5:40 p.m., it continues to work intermittently.
Those privileged people who can access it observe several sudden drops in demand, between 4 and 5 p.m., a period in which the curve went from 25,464 MW to 15,132 MW at the national level.
On the other hand, the ENRE page, which shows the cuts of Edesur and Edenor in the AMBA, was still completely out of operation.
03.01.2023 17:51
17:51
Is the Boca-Patronato match in Santiago del Estero in danger?
Although there was a moment of anxiety in which it was believed that the match was in danger, the final of the Argentine Super Cup can finally be played.
This is because, so far, the Mother of Cities stadium has electricity, without the need to use the generators that are available in case of any contingency.
At 2:00 p.m., a flood affected the area and did cause a power outage, but it was already corrected before the massive blackout that affected the AMBA and several provinces of the country
03.01.2023 17:46
17:46
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Constitución: anger and uncertainty among train and subway passengers stranded by the massive blackout
The massive blackout in the Buenos Aires neighborhoods and in the suburban areas did not go unnoticed in Constitución, the place where the train and subway services meet.
Many people found themselves in the last few minutes with a complex situation: they could not move because public transport was out of service.
One of the first to express his dissatisfaction with this situation was Brian, a young man who uses two means of transport every day: bus and train.
"I got off the bus with a total blackout, although I had been seeing it on Facebook, but I didn't think it was going to catch me now," he says.
"I come from Caseros and I find this and it's a downer. I come here by bus from Caseros, and from here I go home by train. Finding this is a downer because I'm tired," he adds.
Those who are present in the place assure that the light turns on and then goes away again.
There are many train lines that are not working;
instead, the subways have been put back into circulation.
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03.01.2023 17:44
17:44
Blackout: the second official explanation
Blackout in much of the country.
Off official sources detailed the causes of the blackout.
They indicated that a fire "disturbed a 500 KW high-voltage line that connects Campana with General Rodríguez."
The form of protection, they explained, is "go turning off what cannot be sustained."
In this sense, they remarked that "Atucha works well but, since it does not have the electricity it generates, it stops due to a security issue."
The blackout began in the Central Region, which includes Santa Fe, Córdoba, Cuyo, south of the NOA.
"The system was split in half," they said about that region.
Meanwhile, the northeast zone (NEA, Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos and North of Santa Fe, from Yaciretá) "is being regulated."
Work is also underway to restore supply in the southern zone, with the Comahue Dam, which covers Patagonia, La Pampa, Neuquén and Río Negro.
03.01.2023 17:41
17:41
More trains not working due to the blackout
As soon as the blackout was known in a large part of the country, the Roca Train was left without service and the passengers had to get out of the formations, which generated chaos in Constitución.
There are also delays and cancellations in Sarmiento, in the Tigre de Miter branch, in the San Martín and the same in the Belgrano Sur.
03.01.2023 17:38
17:38
Where there is no light in the country
It affects the City of Buenos Aires, the Buenos Aires suburbs and several provinces.
One of the most affected provinces is Mendoza, which is completely affected by the power outage.
01.03.2023 17:33
17:33
Blackout: what do they say happened
Official sources circulated a first explanation of the massive blackout affecting Argentina.
“Several failures were recorded in the interconnected system.
As a cause of the above, different generation plants left, including Atucha.
There is a frequency failure that ejects a part of the generation.
This generation center that is Atucha came out of the system, as they say in this jargon.
As Atucha came out, Central Puertos, for example, also came out, ”says the improvised statement that was disseminated on networks.
"The causes of the original failures in the interconnected system will be investigated by the Ministry of Energy," he concluded.
03.01.2023 17:31
17:31
Twitter reflects the blackout in its trends
Users trended the hashtags #SinLuz, Atucha, Chernobyl, #apagon and #TeamVerano.
01.03.2023 17:27
17:27
A nuclear engineer assures that Atucha was turned off "for safety"
"I take this opportunity to explain that it is the other way around: Atucha I goes out of service for safety reasons in the face of a large network fluctuation. In other words, Atucha's out of service is a consequence, not the cause of the cut," explained the nuclear engineer Julieta Romero on Twitter.
He answered a user who was asking about the Atucha cut.
03.01.2023 17:25
17:25
Due to the cut, the Roca train is not running either: chaos in Constitución
Power outage and interruption of train service at Constitución Station.
Passengers reported that they were made to get out of the formations and that the trains are not running due to power cuts.
Constitution is a mess.
03.01.2023 17:20
17:20
The blackout hit the Subway
Lines A, B, C and D work with a delay, while line E worked between Av. la Plata and Retiro, "due to an external power cut," they said from Emova, which also reported that line H is interrupted.
03.01.2023 17:15
17:15
A major blackout affects the City, Greater Buenos Aires and several provinces due to the falls of Atucha I and Central Puerto
An immense blackout derived from the falls of the Atucha I and Central Puerto power plants affects the City of Buenos Aires, the Buenos Aires suburbs and several provinces this Wednesday.
The province of Mendoza is completely affected by the power outage, while the Buenos Aires subway lines were forced to delay their services.
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Blackout in the City, Greater Buenos Aires and several provinces due to the falls of Atucha I and Central Puerto
Blackout in the City, Greater Buenos Aires and several provinces due to the falls of Atucha I and Central Puerto
