Massive power failure in Argentina: Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba and other provinces of the country are in the dark

A major power failure affects from Sunday morning to much of Argentina. According to early reports, the court extends throughout the federal capital, in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, Córdoba, San Luis and other provinces of the country. The Government Secretariat for Energy has indicated that the mbadive blackout, which started at 7 am, was due to a failure of the Yacyretá transport system. In a press release, the authorities said the cut took place automatically, without human intervention.

According to EDESUR, the blackout is due to a failure of the electrical interconnection system. The situation does not affect only Argentina, a major service interruption having also occurred in some cities of neighboring countries such as Uruguay and Brazil.

In turn, the provincial energy company of Córdoba explained that "in 500 kV of the interconnected national system operated by Transener, there was a zero level restriction that affected much of the country, including the province. of Córdoba, as well as areas of Santa Fe, federal capital and province of Buenos Aires, work is under way to determine the reason for this failure ".

The abrupt interruption of electrical service is detailed in the following Cammesa graph, which shows the decline in electricity demand / generation across the country. The red line shows how it falls at 0 to 7 o'clock in the morning.

The state company Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA) he warned users to streamline the use of waterbecause they might run out of stock.

The crash started at 7:07 am and users immediately warned of the problem on social networks.

Despite the power outage, elections for the governorship in Santa Fe began on time. The authorities at the table use natural light and cell phones to alleviate the lack of electricity. Elections in San Luis were however delayed by an hour and a half until they allowed schools to pay.

While all over Argentina, there is a mbadive blackout, Tierra del Fuego it's the only province that has light. Unlike the rest of the districts, the Fuegian province it is not powered by the national electrical interconnection system and, for this reason, it is still powered. This is why voters come to vote with complete normality in Ushuaia.

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