Chile prepares to spend a night without electricity supply after the three attempts to repair the Energy cut occurred on the afternoon of this Tuesday and affects 99 % of the country. This was suggested by the Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, admitting that he tried to “reconnect the national electrical system three times, without success.”
The cut of electricity was recorded early on the afternoon of this Tuesday, from the northern region of Arica and Parinacota to the southern of Los Lagos. “Numerous attempts have already been made to restore the electricity supply, according to the protocol we have for this type of emergencies, but for different reasons, failures of the central and the SCADA system, which connects the transmission network, these attempts have Falled, ”Pedow said at a press conference.
According to the minister’s explanations, a “fourth attempt will be made to replace the supply in general between the regions of Arica and Los Lagos.” Pardow said that “the fact that until now the electricity supply in Chile has not been replaced It is precisely because the protocols and emergency mechanisms have failed three times. ”
With this panorama and with the arrival of the night, the Minister of Interior, Carolina Tohá, has confirmed in the same press conference that, because of the mass blackout that affects practically the entire country -with almost two million citizens to dark- The Government has declared on Tuesday the state of exception and a curfew from 10:00 p.m. President Gabriel Buric, according to the local press, is aware of the evolution of this energy crisis.
On the other hand, the director of the electrical coordinator, Ernesto Huber, has affirmed that the Chilean authorities are focusing their efforts on recovering the electricity supply, but that at the moment you cannot set a specific time for the recovery of the service. The cut, which has occurred for still unknown reasons, affects one of the three high voltage lines that supply electricity throughout the country.
The authorities have convened an emergency meeting of the National Committee for Disaster Risk Management (Cogrid) to evaluate the situation, which has caused chaos on the roads through the traffic light bean and has even stopped the capital of the capital, Santiago de Chile.
This is the second great blackout suffered by Chile in less than six months and highlights the lack of the country in this sector, highly privatized. The previous blackout occurred in winter, after an intense storm of rain and wind left some Chilean regions without electricity for almost a month.
