ANEEL reports on advances in energy supply on the coast

In continuity with the actions of the various government bodies, the ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) reported that it continues to monitor the efforts to normalize electricity supply to consumers on the coasts of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro affected by heavy rains.

“As a result of the efforts undertaken by the various parties involved, there was significant progress in the work, which allowed many consumers to receive energy again”, highlighted the Agency.

North coast of SP has power outages due to heavy rains

Below are the updates:

• EDP ​​SP, with the partial release of affected areas and the work of field teams, enabled around 5 thousand consumers to receive energy again and continues to work on normalizing supply;
• Elektro managed to supply energy to almost all consumers in its concession area, except for residents in areas still closed by Civil Defense;
• ENEL RJ managed to restore 98% of the affected consumer units.

EDP ​​mobilizes to serve the north coast of SP

Since last Saturday night (18), the cities on the north coast of the state of São Paulo have been hit by heavy rains that have caused numerous floods, landslides and the closure of roads and highways that provide access to the region.

The municipalities of Caraguatatuba and São Sebastião, EDP's concession area, received around 680 mm of rain in 24 hours which, according to the IPT (Institute for Technological Research), is the volume equivalent to that expected for 90 days of rain.

Faced with this scenario, residents and tourists were left homeless, without food, drinking water and communication. The landslides and flooding caused power outages and interruptions in the region. To date, 44 deaths have been recorded, 1.730 people displaced and 766 homeless.

In the early afternoon of this Tuesday (21), 97% of customers served by EDP on the coast had normalized service. Part of the power outages were requested by Civil Defense to guarantee the safety of the population in risk areas, as there are still places with difficult access for teams.

To meet all the population's demands, EDP joined forces with Civil Defense and state and federal agencies, and deployed a contingent of around 100 professionals to speed up the complete restoration of energy supply to its customers.

Currently, the company has 31 teams working in the field, 26 of which are heavy teams — to provide services such as changing poles, broken cables, removing trees from the network and changing transformers — maintenance that requires longer execution times and requires tools and specialized vehicles for this service.

Given the displacement of several additional units to the affected cities and due to the state of calamity, the company stated that the municipalities are without hotels and inns to accommodate EDP teams. Some teams are housed in schools together with firefighters who work in the region.