In the action, the State government demands that Enel present a report with the number and location of trees that could threaten the electricity supply.
Within 15 days, you will have to provide all clarifications regarding failures in the State’s supply and in the availability of data to the supervisory bodies. The decision comes from the São Paulo Court of Justice (TJ-SP), which accepted the requests and granted an injunction in a public civil action filed against Enel.
The objective of the action is to protect the rights of São Paulo citizens and consumers served by the concessionaire, which presented two serious operational failures after storms that hit the capital and 24 cities in the metropolitan region in November 2023 and on October 11 of this year. In the first interruption of supply, 2.1 million consumers were left without energy in their homes and, in the second time, 3.1 million, according to a survey carried out by the Federation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism of the State of São Paulo (FecomercioSP) .
In a note distributed by the São Paulo government, in addition to the Attorney General of the State of São Paulo (PGE-SP), the action was also filed by the Public Services Regulatory Agency of the State of São Paulo (Arsesp) and the Consumer Protection and Defense Foundation of São Paulo (Procon). The Court’s decision is provisional in nature and may be reviewed. However, for now, a period of 15 days remains in effect for the concessionaire to provide all documents.
In the action, the State government demands that Enel present a report with the number and location of trees that could threaten the electricity supply. In addition, the company must also provide a vegetation management plan. The document must include a schedule of concrete actions to mitigate risks involving trees.
The Court also determines that Enel will have to make a series of information relating to the city of São Paulo available, in real time, to Arsesp. They include data on interruptions in power supply, complaints, teams for emergency assistance, average service time, number of priority customers affected (such as hospitals and Sabesp), time in the service queue, among others.
*With information from Estadão Contéudo
Published by Carol Santos
