Power outage in the center of São Paulo causes city hall to call ANEEL

Blackout this Tuesday (19) that hit several neighborhoods and has not yet been completely resolved
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The center of the capital of São Paulo experiences another blackout. Photo: Creative Commons/Flickr/André Deak/Reproduction

A City hall in São Paulo reported, this Thursday (21), that will trigger The ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) and the TCU (Court Union accounts) against The Enel-SP after a new blackout leave more than 35 thousand people no light at the center of the city.  

A fall in energy he had start at Monday (18) and affected not only residents, how the functioning of hospitals, business It is other activities. Until the night of Wednesday (20), neighborhoods such as Higienópolis, Santa Cecília, Consolação, Vila Buarque and Cerqueira César still they were at the dark

A Enel stated, in a note, that will not manifest on the subject and said that will use generators for to fuel O supply of consumers who have not yet had their energy supply restored.

The concessionaire stated that it normalized the supply during Tuesday morning, but that during the restoration, it detected an indication of a new fault. Therefore, he decided to disconnect the circuits for further intervention.

Enel contracts will be analyzed by TCM

This Wednesday (20), the TCM-SP (Court of Auditors of the Municipality of São Paulo) announced the creation of a working group to analyze contractual issues at Enel-SP. 

The objective is to account for the losses that were generated by the blackout in the city center. The group will have auditors and advisors from the offices of the External Control Secretariat to conduct the study.

MME calls for punishment

This week, two days before São Paulo City Hall informs that it will activate the ANEEL and the TCU, which also spoke out against Enel-SP was the MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy). 

The Ministry sent, on Tuesday (19), a letter to the ANEEL asking for a “quick and rigid investigation of the facts” that occurred this week, as well as “accountability and strict punishment of the concessionaire”.

According to the Ministry, Enel-SP has “repeatedly” presented problems in the quality of service provision to residents of the capital of São Paulo and cities in the metropolitan region. 

 

 


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