In several states of the country, long queues for gasoline remain, especially at those service stations that have power plants, due to the great blackout that the nation is experiencing this Friday, August 30. However, commerce remained partially active, thanks to cash payment methods, despite the contingency.
Various service stations woke up with long queues this Friday, August 30, due to a major national blackout that the nation is experiencing again. Faced with the uncertainty, people went to gas stations to take precautions, especially at those stations that have a power plant.
With the experience of the more than five-day failure recorded by the blackout in March 2019, when the fuel supply became more acute, many preferred to go out very early to fill up. In Valencia, Carabobo state, at least 12 service stations had a power plant, reported The Carabobo native.
The local newspaper reports that there have been no queues at service stations for several weeks and fuel supplies have returned to normal in Carabobo.
He blackout affected communications systemstelephone and Internet signals throughout the country, so point-of-sale payments and bank transactions are carried out very slowly. The president of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, Ernesto Abbas, explained that approximately 36% of the establishments in the city have alternative means of generating electricity.
The union representative said that all businesses in Carabobo have manual invoice books, but what is most worrying, in case it takes longer to restore service, are those that do not have a plant or another electric generator and need a cold chain to preserve their products.
Electricity is still not back to normal in most states of the country. The governor of Monagas state, Ernesto Luna, told Union Radio that the blackout remains at 100% in that state.
In Maracaibo, Zulia state, residents also went out in search of fuel at the few service stations that have a power plant in the state, however, the long lines have made it difficult for everyone to fill their tank.
Final Version reported In the central area, it is evident that informal merchants went out to work in the morning, while those who have their own vehicles “go around” the city looking for a line for gasoline to prevent a scenario of fuel shortages like in previous years.
The governor of Mérida state, Jehyson Guzmán, also reported that “35 megawatts of electrical load” have been recovered in different municipalities of the state. “Telecommunications, hospital services, water and transport have been restored,” he said. He also said that 19 hospital institutions are active.
In Anzoategui Some merchants in the northern area decided to open their businesses and work with a power plant to “have some sales.”
The power outage that left at least 17 states in Venezuela without electricity did not stop commercial activity in several states. Although there was little presence of citizens on the streets, those who did go out to make their purchases did so with mobile payment, cash, biopayment or wireless points.
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