Edesur defends itself against power outages and says it will start looking for a buyer in March

While there are still 15,672 without electricity in their area and in the midst of an audit commissioned by the regulator, electricity distributor Edesur has come out to explain what caused the biggest supply cutsor, which peaked last Friday, when there were 180,000 customers without service.

In a request, the company reiterated that the largest cut was due to a request from SACME, the company that coordinates and manages the high-voltage grid, stating that this month was the hottest February in the last 60 years and that Friday 10, at 1:45 pm had a historic power demand record of 4,181 MW.

At that hour, they added: “SACME has asked Edesur to make cuts to customers, after informing that the electricity production for the southern area of Buenos Aires was insufficient”.

“Following the SACME order, preventive power outages were carried out to approximately 180,000 customers, equal to 250 MW, between 2.00pm and 5.00pm. 70% were normalized at 4.00pm”, the company added. owned by the Italian Enel.

National Electricity Regulatory Agency (ENRE) controller Walter Martello questioned the heatwave argument. According to the Télam agency, he said that “at 8:10 there were still 15,000 Edesur users without electricity supply, when the temperature did not reach 23 degrees”.

The company says it’s the damage caused by the heat wave that means there are still people without electricity.

“Regarding the insufficient generation input -Edeusr stated- it is important to highlight that one of the current generators in the southern area is Central Dock Sud, a company managed by Enel together with other shareholders, and which has a combined cycle of almost 800 MW (3.2 times Friday’s power shortage)” and where modernization work is underway.

All of Enel’s assets in the country are for sale. The group decided to leave Argentina. The process to dispose of the thermoelectric generation business has already begun and, “in March, it will start with Edesur, always in compliance with the parameters of responsibility that characterize the group in the 30 countries in which it operates”, anticipated the company, to which it At that moment, the Minister of Energy, Flavia Royón, threatened to withdraw the concession.