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Because of the heat, electricity consumption is close to the record and there are 14,000 users without electricity

2020-02-04T21:49:09.342Z


High temperatures raised consumption. They claim that they hope to resolve most cases before 22.


02/04/2020 - 18:32

  • Clarín.com
  • Cities

Some 16,000 users of the City and the GBA have problems with the electricity supply this Tuesday, as stated on the page of the National Electric Power Regulation (ENRE).

At 18.20 (the ENRE page is updated every 15 minutes), 11,509 Edesur users were reported distributed in neighborhoods such as Once, Caballito, Parque Chacabuco, Parque Patricios and Recoleta, in the Capital, and towns such as Lomas de Zamora, Villa Domínico or Burzaco, in different Conurbano matches.

Company sources told Clarín that cuts are recorded in the medium voltage network . They attributed it to the four days of "maximum demand". And they explained that today the 4,000 Megawats (Mw) of consumption were reached in the concession area, "only 200 of the historical record."

The temperature reached 34.8 degrees, there was a record of electricity consumption and some power outages. Clarin file photo

"We are working with all the crews to replenish the supply as soon as possible," they explained from the company. And they clarified that some 5,000 people were affected in the City. In addition, they said that the average resolution of each house was about three hours and that it was planned to solve the cuts before 22.

On Monday, meanwhile, Edesur registered a total of 47,845 affected users throughout the day. What caused some complaints to be reflected through social networks.

On the side of Edenor, at 18.20 on Tuesday the number of people affected was 2,362, also according to the ENRE website. On Monday, the distributor had 48,832 affected users.

This Tuesday, the temperature reached 34.8 degrees. And according to the forecast of the National Meteorological Service, for Wednesday a maximum of 34 ° is expected, while for Thursday it will be 33 °.

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Source: clarin

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