By official decree, On Thursday, January 13 and Friday, January 14, the workers of the Public Administration of the Province of Buenos Aires will return to teleworking. A measure designed by the Government of Buenos Aires to reduce energy consumption in the face of heat wave that overwhelms the country.
According to Decree 16/2022 published in the Official Gazette, all public sector workers who carry out “non-essential” activities will work the next two days from their homes, this in the middle of the heat wave that plagues Argentina and that has left records of temperatures.
The government measure, which seeks to avoid a massive overload of the electrical system in full heat wave, occurs two days after a sudden blackout left some 700,000 users without electricity for several hours throughout the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA).
Thousands of people denounced on Tuesday massive power outages, sudden blackouts and intermittency in the electricity service associated with the companies Edenor and Edesur, the two largest service providers in the country.
“In the case of Buenos Aires public workers who are unable to carry out remote work, must refrain from attending the offices or work departments until Monday, when everything returns to work presence ”, highlighted the Buenos Aires governor Axel Kicillof.
What is sought is to achieve energy savings and reduce electricity consumption.
The forecast for the next few days
According to the National Meteorological Service (SMN), the heat wave that currently afflicts the country will persist with the same intensity at least until Sunday, when a slight reduction in The high temperatures.
The weather forecast for the next few days will be as follows:
- Friday, January 14: minimum of 35 and maximum of 40 degrees, with peaks above 40 degrees in various regions of the country.
- Saturday, January 15: Low of 33 and high of 39 degrees for the entire country.
- Sunday, January 16: Low of 30 and high of 34 degrees.
