Although Enel itself declared that it would resolve the outage by the end of this Sunday (14), São Paulo begins Monday (15) with 19,014 properties without electricity.
The capital ends five days with thousands of properties without power, since the wind caused by the extratropical cyclone that hit the southeast. The delay in the deadline means that the company continues to fail to comply with an injunction issued by the court on Friday (12), requiring power to be restored within 12 hours of the ruling – more than 48 hours have already passed.
In the municipalities of the metropolitan region, 10,368 homes remain without electricity. With those in the capital, there are 29.3 interrupted customers, according to the company’s own classification.
In a note published on Saturday, Enel did not mention the injunction issued by the São Paulo Justice Court in response to an action by the state public prosecutor. In the same text, the dealer predicted that the outage would end the following night – until then, there was no deadline.
The court decision provides for a fine of R$200,000 per hour of delay in resolving the situation.
On its website, the concessionaire writes that electricity has already been restored “to 99% of customers whose supply was affected by the extratropical cyclone which struck the concession area on December 1 and 11.”
“Since Wednesday morning, we have mobilized a record number of teams on the ground, reaching up to 1,800 teams throughout the working days. We continue to work to serve all customers whose service was affected by the weather event and who experienced power outages in the days following the cyclone,” specifies another part of the text, which does not mention the number of properties without power.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy said, in a note published this Sunday (14), that Enel could lose the energy distribution concession in São Paulo if it “does not fully comply with the quality indices and contractual obligations provided for in the sector’s regulations.”
The federal government’s position does not specify the conditions for a possible loss of the concession.
The Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, “will propose an agenda with the governor of the state and the mayor of the capital of São Paulo to align responsibilities and coordinate action”, concludes the text.
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