The Mayor of São Paulo, Ricardo Nunes (MDB), and Governor Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans) spoke with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), this Friday (12/12), about the problems of restoring energy in São Paulo.
The three meet at the launch event of the SBT News channel, in Osasco, in the São Paulo metropolitan area (see video below).
At MetropolisesRicardo Nunes said he showed President Lula on his cell phone that nearly 500,000 properties remained without electricity in São Paulo. The mayor and governor demanded federal intervention at Enel, the concessionaire responsible for energy distribution in São Paulo, and criticized the federal government’s intention to renew the concession contract, which is the responsibility of the Union.
“I said that people are suffering and that I was sure that, like me and Tarcísio, he also felt the pain of these people,” Nunes said.
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Still according to the mayor, Lula said he would speak to the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, to resolve the problem.
Earlier, during his speech, Nunes also demanded that the PT member take action against the energy concessionaire Enel.
“The channel will give good news and bad news, president. I hope that when the channel starts, we will not have the city without electricity because of Enel. You have to help us with that,” the mayor said, provoking laughter from the audience.
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Ricardo Nunes accuses Enel of lack of investment, delay in energy restoration and poor service delivery,
The mayor of São Paulo believes that the company is not ready to serve a city the size of São Paulo.
Nunes also demands tougher measures from the federal government and the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel), even defending harsher fines or even the loss of the concession.
Enel counters that the outages are caused by extreme weather events, such as unusual rain and wind.
The company says it has invested in the power grid.
Enel says many problems involve falling trees and urban interference, which would make a quicker response difficult.
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