More than 9,000 Companies in Ecuador Will Have 48-Hour Power Outages for Two Weeks
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Guayaquil (Ecuador), 2 Oct (EFE).- About 9,089 high and medium voltage companies in Ecuador will have 48 hours power outages in a row over the next two weeks, following a request from the government to prevent the water level of reservoirs that feed the hydroelectrics, to face the climate phenomenon of El Niño. The energy distributors began to notify on Friday to the high voltage (AV) 1 industries, which are 185; the AV2, which are 4; and the me…
The medium and high voltage companies of the country were notified on October 2, 2026 by the energy distributors on the schedule of electrical disconnections scheduled for the next two weeks, in consecutive blocks of 48 hours, according to a government source. In total, there are 185 companies of the segment of High Voltage.
The energy crisis puts Ecuador back in the face of the risk of blackouts, while Mazar's reserves continue to fall and demand grows
The cuts will be 48 hours in a row and will be made by blocks, from Monday to Saturday. This measure is to mitigate the impact of the El Niño phenomenon in the country.
Quito, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian experts today suggested to the government to begin applying two-hour preventive electricity cuts in the face of the deterioration of water reserves that sustain much of the country's energy generation.The post Ecuador: Experts suggest preventive power outages due to energy crisis first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
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