The blackout cost the country nearly $ 160 million in subsidies

The power outage that left 50 million people without electricity Sunday in the country would cost about $ 157 million in subsidies, according to the authoritarian voices of the energy market.

As a result of this incident, Argentina will no longer need to use hydroelectric power imported from Brazil very cheaply (due to excessive precipitation) and will have to use thermal generation for US $ 3.5 million. , according to experts examined in the media in Buenos Aires.

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According to a preliminary report from the management company of the wholesale electricity market (Cammesa), a failure of the high voltage line between Colonia Elía and Mercedes could be isolated.

However, another instant failure at Colonia Elía-Nueva Campana could not be isolated and the pipeline cleared, which caused the country's cut due to imbalances between the energy supply in coastline and demand in the rest of the country.

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Before that, and while the incident was under further investigation, the government decided to reduce the load on power lines from Litoral.

National authorities have announced that a full report on what happened would be published in 15 days. In the meantime, Energy Secretary Gustavo Lopetegui badured that Sunday's disaster "will not happen again".

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