More than 11,000 Edesur users and another 6,000 Edenor users are without electricity in the AMBA area.
Some of them
for almost a week
, as revealed by the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE).
The agency explained that this lack is caused by high demand and extreme heat temperatures that affect the entire country.
Which happens almost systematically every summer.
The official figures on the state of the electricity service revealed after noon this Tuesday by the ENRE, show that some 11,381
Edesur
customers remain without electricity supply and
6,270
correspond to Edenor.
By then,
the wind chill was over 38 degrees
.
The towns in the Conurbano under Edesur concession that are most affected are mostly in the South: Berazategui, Ezeiza, Florencio Varela, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Presidente Perón, Almirante Brown, Quilmes and San Vicente.
In the City, the most affected neighborhoods that continue to have power outages are Almagro, Balvanera, Barracas, Boedo, Caballito, Flores, Floresta, Liniers, Nueva Pompeya, Parque Patricios, Recoleta, San Nicolás, Villa Devoto, Villa General Miter and Villa Luro.
Meanwhile, under the Edenor concession, users in the Buenos Aires towns of General Rodríguez, General San Martín, La Matanza, Malvinas Argentinas, Merlo, Moreno, Morón, Pilar, San Isidro and Tigre, and in the neighborhood Buenos Aires from Palermo.
Complaints from Buenos Aires neighbors
In Liniers, near Floresta, at least 15 families
remain without electricity since last Wednesday
when the service was cut off around 8 p.m.
"We came with low voltage, the lights flickered and the fans lowered the intensity,
until last Wednesday it was permanently cut off
," said Marga, one of the affected neighbors.
The homes that remain without electricity supply since last Wednesday are located on General Cesar Diaz Street between Bermúdez and Cervantes and the parallel Remedios de Escalada street, at the same height, in at least 15 homes.
"On Friday (the power supply) came back out of nowhere, it was on from 10 at night until 12 and it was cut off again until now. On Saturday it was cut off to the rest of the block," the woman explained in a chat with Télam.
An outsourced Edesur crew worked at the site this Monday and "they fixed the part of the people who were left without electricity on Saturday, but ours - which we have been without electricity since Wednesday - they did not touch," he confirmed.
Given the repeated complaints to Edesur, the neighbors did not receive "any response and they all give us a different return time (for the service), while with ENRE "not even a person assists you, it is a little machine that does not allow you to call until within three hours (of the claim being made)".
Adriana, a resident of Balvanera, said that they have remained without electricity or water since last Thursday in a building with 30 apartments, some "with very elderly people and mobility problems."
"Innumerable claims have been made to both ENRE and Edesur. For each call the company assigns a new claim number, causing the previous one to fall," said the woman, who questioned being "hostages to the lack of response and the absolute absence of the control organism".
"We are experiencing serious complications, suffering from very high temperatures and unable to work," he added.
Posts on Edesur networks
Through posts on networks, Edesur stated that the demand for electricity due to high temperatures is a record throughout the country, and that its crews work day and night to be able to provide the service in all neighborhoods.
A way to try to justify the drop in service for several AMBA users.
⚡💡🔌 RECORD DEMAND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The SADI recorded a maximum of power at 2:40 p.m.
Given the high temperatures and heat wave in the coming days, we ask you to use energy responsibly.
👉 https://t.co/3Ke6yPwjvl pic.twitter.com/Gu9EQMZhko
— Edesur Argentina (@OficialEdesur) February 1, 2024
With information from Télam