Since 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, residents of the states of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo reported a blackout, which in total affected 1.3 million users, the equivalent of 62% of those in the Yucatan Peninsula, as recognized by the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).
Through a press release released at noon, the state company assured that the service has already been restored. He indicated that between 8:32 and 8:40 a.m. six high-voltage lines went out of operation.
“The CFE executed restoration maneuvers in full coordination with the National Energy Control Center (CENACE) and has already restored the electricity supply to the affected users,” said the commission, which attributed the failure to the accident that a worker who was maintaining a line had. According to the agency, the worker was treated and is stable.
Problems in the region began to spread early.
#CFEInforma | Electric personnel are working to restore the supply of electricity to users affected in Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatan, by the operation output of six high voltage lines. https://t.co/K4ZWjPc1aJ pic.twitter.com/A76tOjLnsf
— CFEmx (@CFEmx) June 22, 2022
Affected users
In social networks, users reported various affectations due to the lack of electricity.
Well, they turned off in many areas of Merida.
We are without @CFE_Contigo light
Chicxulub village, Progreso, Cholul, Conkal, Montejo, Merida center 😰😠
— sᎪᎽuᏒᎥ ✈️ (@esbsay) June 22, 2022
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Faced with the blackout, the Secretariat of Public Security of Yucatan published on social networks that, due to the lack of light and traffic lights off, drivers were asked to take precautions.
“Road operations have been established on the busiest roads,” said the agency, which added that there is greater attention in the state capital.
According to information from the newspaper El Financiero, on May 22, the Peninsular Distribution Division had already operated an automatic loading trigger for the operation of several lines, which affected around 690 thousand users in the states of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatan.
Wednesday’s blackout comes in a context in which the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador seeks that the CFE has a more prominent role in the management of the national electricity system, while opposition politicians and business groups question the efficiency of the commission and its eventual conduct of public policy on electricity.
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