On the 21st and 63rd a transformer was replaced after it “exploded” on the afternoon/day of December 31st
The thermometer brought a small relief with the turn of the year, but it was not enough for thousands of residents who were without water and electricity in late 2025 and early 2026, a nightmare that is repeated day after day in different parts of the region.
In the neighborhood of 21 and 63, many neighbors came out at lunchtime yesterday to see workers trying to replace a transformer that exploded at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, leaving them without power, without ATMs, without traffic lights and without access to a cooling system, complicating their New Year’s Eve dinner when they wanted to eat something fresh to say goodbye to 2025.
A simple observation revealed that many cables were also singed along with the transformer.
“Another doll at the end of the year,” said a neighbor who spoke to this newspaper, describing the explosion that the team caused on the last day of 2025 and which had several consequences.
As the hours passed, it was estimated that they could restore service in a large affected sector by the end of the afternoon: from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. and from 61 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Others who had a bad day at the end of 2025 included some residents of the 55 block between 23 and 24, where a phased shutdown on December 31 left them without power for most of the day and power did not return until the first hours of 2026.
They’ve had a bad time at the center in the last few hours. In a building at numbers 8 and 48, the neighbors experienced a drama due to the lack of light since 8 p.m. On December 31st, the elevators didn’t work and they had to use the stairs. A woman who lives on the 8th floor had to be carried downstairs in a wheelchair by her grandchildren to celebrate the New Year, they said. And they added: “When they picked her up, they found another elderly woman on the 3rd floor who lived on the 5th floor and was not feeling well. They also had to help her get to her house. A similar situation occurred in a building with 41 people between 18 and 19.”
City Bell was an area hit hardest by the power outages. Neighbors said a transformer at 467 and 28 “exploded” and dozens of neighbors were without power as of 6 p.m. until midnight on Wednesday. In addition, many countries and closed neighborhoods in the area were affected.
In Edelap, they reported that crews had been working to meet demand and service had partially normalized in some sectors.
MORE PROBLEMS WITH WATER
In Villa del Plata, Ensenada, residents have been in distress for several days due to the lack of water supply. In this district of Punta Lara and in the coastal region there has not been a drop for “a week,” the affected users emphasized.
In this regard, ABSA reported that there may be a 30-hour interruption of operations today due to the commissioning work of the 500 millimeter diameter aqueduct that will transport water from the “Donato Gerardi” water treatment plant to the Punta Lara cistern.
The work will be carried out on Almirante Brown Avenue and the access to the water treatment plant.
There were also complaints from various parts of the city due to the lack of water. “We have been without water in Santa Ana for more than a week, from 523 to 154 to 155. With this heat we can’t do it anymore,” said an EL DIA reader. More voices were added to the claim, saying that “there is almost no water on 603rd Street between 5 and 5 to. It was only in the morning, Type 6, that we managed to collect some.”
For his part, Facundo, a resident of Villa Elisa, said: “For a week we have had very low water pressure. ABSA has not given any explanation or response.” While Patricio narrated: “Since December 24th we have been on 77th Street between 131 and 132 without a drop of water.
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