Decision of the São Paulo Court of Justice accepts request from the São Paulo government; Enel says he will not comment
The TJSP (São Paulo Court of Justice) determined, in a provisional decision, that the energy concessionaire Enel has 15 days to present documents related to the failure in the supply of electricity in the State.
The information was this Saturday (November 30, 2024) by the state government, which is suing the company. Wanted by Poder360Enel said that “does not comment on ongoing legal actions”.
The Court ordered Enel to provide, “in real time”to Arsesp (Public Services Regulatory Agency of the State of São Paulo) information on interruptions in energy supply, number of complaints, teams available for emergency assistance, average service time, number of priority customers affected, such as hospitals and Sabesp ( Basic Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo), and the waiting time in service queues, among other data.
The decision is an injunction. For now, there remains a 15-day deadline for the concessionaire to present all documents.
In the action, the São Paulo Executive also asks the concessionaire to present a report with the number and location of trees that threaten the electricity supply.
The government of São Paulo requests that the company draw up a vegetation management plan. The document must include a schedule of “concrete actions to mitigate risks involving trees”.
SP X ENEL
At the beginning of November, the government of São Paulo with the public civil action against Enel in which the company is held responsible for the blackouts in the metropolitan region of São Paulo in November 2023 and October 2024.
The action was brought by in partnership with (Public Services Regulatory Agency of the State of São Paulo) and the (Consumer Protection and Defense Foundation). The process points to failure to comply with the company’s duties in ensuring adequate public services and providing essential information for inspection.
BLACKOUT IN SÃO PAULO
The power outage that began on October 11 was the 2nd major blackout to hit the city in 1 year, but problems at the distributor are not restricted to the State.
The company accumulates complaints in Niterói (RJ) and Ceará. Also operated in Goiás service improvement goals agreed with the (National Electric Energy Agency) and have its concession sold to Equatorial.
Enel is an Italian company, still with state participation from the Italian government, which took over Eletropaulo’s operations in 2018. It is considered the 2nd largest electricity distributor in the country in terms of number of consumers – behind only Cemig. In Brazil, it has operations in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Ceará. .
In November 2023, São Paulo of large proportions that left the city and metropolitan region without electricity for 4 days. The blackout was the result of the storm recorded in several cities in the state and which .
