The Superintendent of Electricity and Fuels, Martha Cabezas, commented on Cooperative that neither the presence of wind nor the precipitation correspond to a «force majeure» event, Therefore, electrical companies must guarantee their service in the context of this type of emergency.
In conversation with The Cooperative JournalCabezas recalled that «neither the rain nor the wind are force majeure, that is, when we know that it is going to rain, that we are in a season and a region in which it is going to rain, Companies must prepare for situations that are known. «Therefore, there should be no cuts, but rather a preparation, and that is what we did not see in the previous event two weeks ago.»
«That triggered us to initiate an investigation from the Superintendency and to file charges against the Enel company for its performance, especially in the recovery and in the peak number of clients that there were, which were 230 thousand clients without supply,» he added.
The authority specified that «we are now in a train of weather events that will develop during the week, we have had a peak of 60 thousand customers without supply and now there are around 13 thousand in the Metropolitan Region, but «What matters to us, beyond the numbers, are the 850 customers who have still been without power for more than 24 hours.»