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Montevideo, December 21st 2024 - 18:52 UTC

Tag: Santiago power cut

  • Friday, August 9th 2024 - 21:06 UTC

    Power restored to customers in Santiago Metropolitan Region

    The electricity company Enel now faces other challenges, Pardow stressed

    The Chilean Government said Friday that the electricity company Enel had met Thursday's goal to restore supply to 20,000 households in the Santiago Metropolitan Region (MR) after an outage that lasted seven days.

  • Thursday, August 8th 2024 - 20:36 UTC

    Santiago's electricity company given ultimatum

    In case of failure, the Government would move on to the adversarial phase, Pardow explained

    The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font Thursday gave the electricity company Enel until midnight local time to reconnect the service to some 20,000 households in the Santiago Metropolitan Region (MR) where the outage reached its seventh day in a row. Energy Minister Diego Pardow held a press conference to explain the impending steps to terminate Enel's concession should it fail to deliver.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 22:09 UTC

    Boric angry as Santiago power cuts reach 6th day

    “We are talking about a regulated monopoly,” Boric stressed

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday instructed the Energy Ministry to review the agreement whereby the company Enel has been awarded the right to provide the Santiago Metropolitan Region with electricity after the outage affecting some 60,000 households reached its sixth consecutive day.