A total of 123,658 users of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA) were without electricity supply on Monday afternoon, in a day characterized by high temperatures and records in energy consumption, it was officially reported.
According to the State of Service at 6:35 p.m., published by the National Electricity Regulatory Entity, at that time there were a total of 116,389 Edesur usersa company that provides the electricity supply service in the southern area of the City of Buenos Aires and the Buenos Aires suburbs.
According to the ENRE, The areas most affected by the interruption of the electrical service in the Buenos Aires suburbs were: Almirante Brown, Esteban Echeverría, Lanús, Avellaneda, Berazategui, Lomas de Zamora, Quilmes, San Vicente, Villa Madero and Presidente Perón.
In CABA, the neighborhoods of Villa Devoto, Mataderos, Recoleta, Parque Patricios, Villa Real, Villa Riachuelo, Balvanera, Parque Avellaneda, Retiro, San Nicolás, Villa Crespo, Flores, Monte Castro, San Telmo, Villa Lugano were affected by this problem. and Villa Luro.
For his part, A total of 7,269 users of Edenor, a company that distributes energy in the northern area of CABA and the Buenos Aires suburbs, were without electricity supply.
Under the coverage area of this company, the areas most affected by the service interruption were La Matanza, Morón, San Fernando, San Isidro and Tigre.
For its part, in the northern part of CABA, the areas of the Belgrano, Villa Urquiza, Villa Pueyrredón, Agronomía and Palermo neighborhoods were most affected.
The national electricity system registered today a new historical demand peak for a business day, reaching 29,089 Megawatts (MW), essentially due to the high and unprecedented temperatures that are being registered so far in March, according to a report from the Administration Company of the Wholesale Electricity Market (Cammesa).
At 3:15 p.m., a new all-time high for power demand of the Argentine Interconnection System (SADI) was registered, with 29,089 MW, exceeding by 527 MW the record reached last Friday of 28,562 MW.
The peak of electricity consumption occurs in the context of unprecedented extreme temperatures for the City of Buenos Aires (CABA), which today exceeded the maximum temperature threshold for a heat wave (32.3 °C) for 14 consecutive days.
On this Monday, the red alert was maintained in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and the southern area of the Buenos Aires suburbs where there were “extremely” high temperatures, according to the SNM.
In its 4:00 p.m. update, the CABA Climate Observatory showed that the capital of the country marked 34.6°C, with a thermal sensation of 39.4 degrees.
