Province to sue for damage caused by massive cut

The province will make "an administrative complaint to Cammesa," he said, "because the thermal power plants, operated by the Orazul company, could have started at zero or black, as they are called, and they did not They did have equipment, but Cammesa is responsible because he supervises the emergency teams. "

Orazul, formerly of Duke Energy, manages the hydroelectric plants Planicie Banderita and Alto Valle. His obligation was to start from scratch with special generators, to give energy to EPEN, CALF and other Comahue distributors. "Cammesa pays them to have the teams that were not working on Sunday, they would have allowed the region to operate on an island until it was connected to the 500 kilovolt system, which is the very high voltage system," said González. .

In the absence of this starting mechanism, the EPEN had to resort to "a series of additional maneuvers that took longer and were riskier because of the handling of equipment. large size in wet conditions and because it had never been done before, "he said.

There, they met Transener, who did not allow them to connect to the island. While the EPEN was trying to set up the Comahue region through Planicie Banderita, the carrier "directly connected the plant to the 500-kilovolt line, with the idea of ​​accelerating the delivery of energy to Buenos Aires and Córdoba, and with this maneuver ". leave the system on the local island, "added Gonzalez.

Sunday at 2 pm, the light had returned to half of the country and here, impatience grew. This led Governor Omar Gutierrez to communicate with the National Secretary for Energy, Gustavo Lopetegui, with Transener and with Cammesa. It was only then that Neuquén allowed the implementation of the risk management procedure, which culminated around 20 years on Father's Day.

González questioned the existence of "very serious" omissions. "There is a total collapse protocol for Cammesa, called procedure number 7, which is applied nationwide and establishes that the islands that stabilize local and regional systems are first commissioned and then sections of 500 kilovolts are connected, which allows the long-term stability of the system ". This road was skipped to the detriment of the neuquinos.

The chief of staff indicated that, along with the administrative request, the government "would request a meeting of the Federal Council for Electric Power, where all the provinces are, to badyze how Transener and Cammesa acted, because federal matters are provided for in the procedure that has not been respected ".

Those who are disconnected from gas have had a worse time with the power outage

Those who had a generator and resources to make it work had a better Sunday than the rest of the neuquinos. And those who heat themselves on gas spend a little better than those "disconnected" from the network, for whom electricity is one of the main sources of heat for the environment.

The power outage Sunday severely affected large areas of the population west of the city. Many neighbors quickly ran out of water after recording the widespread power outage across the country and some bordering areas.

In this part of the city, several neighborhoods do not have natural gas. Families use different methods to avoid low temperatures, such as salamanders, electric stoves and braziers.

The power outage complicated the supply of neighbors, who were caught off guard by the power outage. "The lack of energy was complicated because we did not have gas, we warmed up with a wood stove, but the reality is that it was very difficult to buy to buy because of the darkness. , the carretillada leaves 250 pesos and lasts very little, "said María de Barrio Hipódromo.

Marcos, of Valentina Norte Rural, said that he was maintaining the hot environments with a garrafera stove. He pointed out that he did not use electricity to heat himself, even though he benefited from the social tariff, because of the price. "We need to arrive at 6,500 pesos of ballots and an average of 3,300 monthly," he said.

Gregorio, from the same neighborhood, said that he could "survive" the power outage because of the bottles of water that he had in the fridge because he did not have any electricity. had more supplies. He said the neighborhood lacked natural gas network and said "those who do not have a house made of materials are very complicated".

The blackout was noticed in the city from 7 am on Sunday. Neighbors said that at first they thought it was a question of restitution for a while. In the end, the cut was extended by 13 hours.

The pointu moves the wrist

By Javier Polvani – Editor of LM Neuquén

Thirty, 60, 90 and lawsuits. This is a way to hire. It can be more effective for the one who imposes it, the better is the law firm that defends it. The same route suggested to a Transener spokesperson (company targeted by the blackout) to badume the costs to be badumed for the alleged liability so that the entire country lacks electricity at the party's fathers. "Whenever there are failures, the recordings and reports are presented to Cammesa, releases are made and ENRE can sanction if necessary." Even though the company says that the possible sanctions are not correct, you can go to the administrative or judicial headquarters, that's how the market works 26 years ago, "said Carlos García Pereyra, General Manager of Transener, Infobae.

Neuquén will make an administrative complaint to the company controlled by Pampa Energía.

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