Energy has already returned to 1.7 million on Monday, according to Enel, which is still working to normalize the service for 340 thousand customers
Images captured by NASAthe US space agency, show the contrast of the city’s brightness Saint Paul before and after the blackout caused by strong storm last Friday 11 The lack of electricity, which persists in some regions three days after the rains, has affected the functioning of public transport, commerce, aviation operations and has also damaged water supplies in some regions.
According to energy distributor Enel, a total of 2.1 million people have been affected. Energy has already returned to 1.7 million on Monday, according to the company, which is still working to normalize service for 340 thousand customers, who live in the company’s concession area, between the capital and the Greater SP metropolitan region.
The photos were published by the Laboratory of Analysis and Processing of Satellite Images (Lapis), at the Federal University of Ceará. From the recordings it is possible to see the capital Sao Paulo before the storm, on October 11, with many points illuminated.
In the photo from Saturday 12th, however, you can already see how the blackout is spreading in Sao Paulo and nearby cities. Darker parts are seen in the more peripheral regions.
“The Sao Paulo blackout seen by satellites – From space, NASA satellite images recorded (sic) the city of Sao Paulo shortly before the blackout, which affected several neighborhoods of the capital. In the night image from October 12, after midnight In the hours following the storm it is still possible to see areas of the city neighborhoods in the dark”, reads Labis’ post.
The cities most affected by the blackout were Sao Paulo, Cotia and Taboão da Serra. Of the 400,000 customers who remained without electricity as of early Monday evening, the capital São Paulo accounted for 283,000, about 70% of the total affected. According to Enel, the total number of people affected has fallen to 340 thousand.
Reinforcement
In a statement released on Monday 14th, Enel declared that it had received reinforcements from other distributors – Light, Neoenergia, Elektro, EDP – and that it had mobilized professionals from the company units installed in Chile, Italy, Spain AND Argentina. The teams working at Enel in Rio de Janeiro and Ceará were also called and arrived in Sao Paulo over the weekend.
Professionals from Chile and Argentina started working this Monday, and those from Spain and Italy will work from Tuesday. The number of international reinforcements was not communicated by Enel.
Professionals from Chile and Argentina started working this Monday, and those from Spain and Italy will work from Tuesday. The number of international reinforcements was not communicated by Enel.
Fixing the damage caused to the low-voltage grid will require replacing poles and “kilometres of cables”, says the company, which claims it will restore power to everyone in three days. The deadline is the same as established by the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, so that the concessionaire can remedy the lack of electricity which still affects around 340 thousand people in the capital and in the Greater SP.
“In agreement with Aneel (National Electricity Agency), the company will respect the three-day deadline to fully restore the energy supply to all customers”, reads a note from Enel.
Despite requests from São Paulo City Hall, the São Paulo government through Procon-SP, and the federal government, the company did not provide a deadline for fully resuming operations until last Monday.
To date, the municipality of São Paulo has recorded 386 cases of falling trees. “Of these, 75 are waiting for the concessionaire to take action so that the municipal teams can start the work”, the municipal management specified on Monday evening.
Sabesp, the Basic Sanitation Services Company of the State of São Paulo, reported that some regions continue to be affected by water shortages, the supply of which was also affected by the storm. The power outage disrupted the operation of lift stations and boosters (equipment that carries water to higher places).
Until Monday evening, supply continues to recover in the following regions of the capital: parts of Capão Redondo and Pirajussara, as well as Jardim Antártica, Jardim Peri, Jardim Peri Alto and Jardim Santa Cruz. Even in Cotia, Santo André and Mauá, the distribution of water in the neighborhoods is still compromised.
With the reinforcement, the number of Enel employees in the field, working to restore electricity, is 2,900 technicians, according to the concessionaire. “To deal with critical cases, Enel has made 500 generators available (40 large ones) for essential services, such as hospitals, and for customers who depend on electricity to maintain hospital equipment, for example,” he said. informed the company.
Enel also says that it will invest around R$6.2 billion in Sao Paulo from 2024 to 2026 and that, as part of the investment plan, they are modernizing networks, expanding the capacity of communication channels with customers and hiring more employees to work in the field.
Source: Terra
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