Government officials assessed the economic impact of last Sunday’s massive power outage. At a press conference, they indicated that the energy power of the Littoral line will be “preventive” to “avoid” a new failure. They noted that hydropower, from Brazil, will be replaced by thermal energy, which will entail an additional cost, although they considered it to be a “marginal” sum. They estimated an amount equivalent to US$3.5 million that will fall on the state and large users. Juan Garade, Secretary of Renewable Resources, was responsible for analyzing the consequences of the blackout; Juan Luchilo, Undersecretary of the Electricity Market; and Carlos Pereyra, CEO of Transener.Ensured that the limitation of the energy power of the Littoral line is intended to “lower the risk” of a new cut. While they emphasized that power was standardized, more than ten thousand households experienced service interruptions throughout Monday.
The investigation is still underway, but in the first instance they rejected the possibility that the flaw is “a cyberattack or sabotage” by arguing that so far they were not found “elements to say that”, while considering that it was caused for a “technical” reason. Faced with the possibility of companies having to face some form of fine after the blackout, officials argued that until they had the data and conclusions of the report requested from specialists to investigate the causes of what happened, not there will be a resolution on that.
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