The Colombian people who must ration energy for power outages in Venezuela

The more than 28,000 inhabitants of the municipality of Puerto Carreño, the capital of the Vichada department, on the border with Venezuela, are also affected by the crisis that has crossed the neighboring country and caused power outages since the beginning of last month. . The energy supply, which is shared, is being rationed in the Colombian city because of this situation.

Since last March 7, when the first national power outage occurred in Venezuela, the mayor of Puerto Carreño, Marcos Perez Jimenez, warned of the public disaster that his municipality would have known. And there is currently a bilateral agreement signed since 2003 and for 20 years between Colombia and Venezuela, concerning the supply of electricity to the border municipality by the Bolivarian Republic; details the agenda The morichal.

The companies IPSE and Coorpelec are responsible for and guarantee the interconnection contract. And Electrovichada is the company in charge of the marketing of the electricity network of the region, spread over three circuits. They guarantee the energy to 90% of the population through six factories, so that the total demand required by it is not satisfied.

For this reason, Mayor Perez warned that the public calamity lasted three months, while the energy supply with Venezuela had already been restored, with a plan of electrical rationing and scheduled cuts.

The director of Electrovichada, Elías Pérez Naranjo, explained to RCN Radio They work with the Ministry of Mines to meet 90% of Puerto Carreño's energy demand, while two other contract factories arrive from Bogotá to guarantee 100% of the flow.

Meanwhile, rationing is carried out in neighborhoods with cuts of four hours a day. What affected the normal development of life in the municipality, said some residents at the station, complaining that the effects were reflected in the trade, domestic work, health and other activities. Even the community went out on the streets for the bad service they received.

"It was concluded that, firstly, the solution was a 1,200 kW power station.In the medium term, we also have two power plants under repair and, in the long run, a company called Ecoenergía that will produce energy. with the help of diesel, first and then with biombad, "explained at the time President Perez, quotes El Morichal.

It was also revealed that an engineer from the service provider company, baptized Edwin Bejarano, had disappeared when he had left his home to go to work. His companions from Electrovichada warned the authorities that he had never arrived at his port.