The Metropolitan region was the one that suffered the most power outages in the country during 2021 due to shocks to poles, according to the General Electricity Company (CGE) in a report.
According to the CGE study, the communes most affected by these collisions were those located in the Cordillera province, that is, Puente Alto, San José de Maipo and Pirque, with 260 incidents of this type.
In the RM they are followed by San Bernardo (237), Melipilla (162) and Talagante (157). In the entire capital region, 590 accidents of this type occurred during 2021.
At the national level, according to the electricity company document, customers in Talca (129), Curicó (112), Rancagua (105), Arica (105), Calama (101), Coronel (101), Antofagasta have also been affected. (99), Concepción (97), San Vicente (93), Buin (93), La Serena (92) and Coquimbo (88).
According to slogan Radio Biobio, Matías Hepp, Operations Manager of CGE, stated that this is an issue that deeply worries the company, since collisions with poles have become a major incident in relation to supply interruptions, and this is demonstrated by the figures , as nearly two million customers of our company have been exposed to the inconvenience this causes.”
