US EditionA Buenos Aires power outage leaves over 600,000 customers without electricity
- A power failure in Buenos Aires left over 622,000 customers without electricity, starting at 12:40 p.m., according to the Secretariat of Energy.
- The outage, which occurred during a summer heat wave, caused subway service to suspend on all lines and knocked out 50 stoplights, according to municipal authorities.
- Service resumed on all but two train lines later Wednesday afternoon, as stated by the capital's subway franchisee.
- Blackouts occur frequently in Argentina, especially during peak demand in the summer months, highlighting the stress on the electric grid.
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CABA: Electricity supply restored gradually but “complicated” days ahead
Although the electricity supply resumed gradually in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) starting at around 3 pm, 'complicatted' days lie ahead given the scorching heat that boosts demand to operate air conditioning equipment. By Wednesday afternoon, service began to be restored to 70% of households, but some 196,000 users were estimated to still be without power after two massive blackouts.
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A Buenos Aires power outage leaves over 600,000 customers without electricity
A power failure in Buenos Aires has left hundreds of thousands of customers without electricity in the Argentine capital, shutting off traffic lights, stranding subway passengers and testing the electric grid for the second time in 24 hours during a sizzling summer heat wave.
The electricity supply has been partially restored in the southern area of the Argentine capital and its periphery, where on Wednesday a blackout was recorded that affected miles of users in an extreme heat day.
There was a failure in two high-voltage transmission lines that caused a massive output of the power generating machines
Uruguay reached a historic record of electricity consumption this Friday due to an intense heat wave, reaching 2,470 megawatt (MW) powers, according to the National Administration of Electricity and Power Transmissions (UTE). The state company reported on its social networks that this new record exceeded by more than 100 MW the previous peak, recorded on February 3 with 2,365 MW. The increase in demand occurred around 15:00 local hours (18:00 GM…
The inclement climates shake the country and in the metropolitan area cause an unusual heat wave, scratching at record temperatures with peaks exceeding forty-five degrees of thermal sensation. Daily life became a real hell. As a result of the uncontrollable action of nature, hundreds of thousands of users of the electric service suffer from sudden cuts, which complicates the possibility of mitigating suffering and active adversities of all kind…
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