Chaos in the city: a blackout left more than 600,000 users without power

[MilHojas]

Blackouts hit central and southern Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires Herald

Hundreds of thousands were left without power across the city twice in one day, including the Casa Rosada and Congress

buenosairesherald.com

 

[Quilombo]

Been without power since 11:00, can't even track when it's supposed to be back because the ENRE site is down, nor can I make the reclamo. Great country we got here

 

[steveinbsas]

Been without power since 11:00, can't even track when it's supposed to be back because the ENRE site is down, nor can I make the reclamo. Great country we got here

When it comes to power outages and service where I live in the country of Argentina, I have nothing negative (or sarcastic) to say.

The infrequent outages are usually less than one hour and I always contact my closest neighbor before calling the power company.

If my neighbors don't have power, I just wait for the lights to come on again. A few times in the past 15 years I had to called the power company. Every time my call has been answered in person. After I identify myself as the norteamericano who lives in the zona de las quintas de Villa Arias, a truck is dispatched and usually arrives at my house (10 km from the area where the service trucks are parked) within an hour (including Sundays) to resolve the problem.

 

[Quilombo]

After 16 hours roughly I got my power back. Already made the claim w/ENRE, hoping to get a nice $275,524 ARS credit out of this.

 

[Vossos]

I’ve been without power for over an hour in Palermo. My airbnb says it’s all of Palermo. Anybody else affected?

 

[on the brink]

Without power in Las Cañitas, same for a friend's home in Colegiales

 

[Ries]

At least 600,000 people were affected. 2 big 220,000 volt transformers tripped in the aging Edesur grid, and then there were numerous more local outages.
When everybody has their air cons on full bore, it overloads the capacity.
Since Menem privatized the electric companies in the 90s, they have slacked off on upgrades, and we have seen many blackouts, including a 13 day one in 99 and an 11 hour one in 2019.
We were lucky, we only lost power in Retiro for about 3 hours. But cell phones were much slower too-some of the repeaters probably had no power either.

La oscura historia de Edesur y Edenor, de las privatizaciones de ayer a los apagones de hoy | Cortes de luz y una concesión por 95 años

Fueron privatizadas en 1992 y están a cargo del servicio hasta 2087, aunque hay reclamos para avanzar en una estatización. Quiénes están detrás de las empresas. La historia de los apagones masivos de 1999 y 2019.

www.pagina12.com.ar

 

[Vossos]

At least 600,000 people were affected. 2 big 220,000 volt transformers tripped in the aging Edesur grid, and then there were numerous more local outages.
When everybody has their air cons on full bore, it overloads the capacity.
Since Menem privatized the electric companies in the 90s, they have slacked off on upgrades, and we have seen many blackouts, including a 13 day one in 99 and an 11 hour one in 2019.
We were lucky, we only lost power in Retiro for about 3 hours. But cell phones were much slower too-some of the repeaters probably had no power either.

La oscura historia de Edesur y Edenor, de las privatizaciones de ayer a los apagones de hoy | Cortes de luz y una concesión por 95 años

Fueron privatizadas en 1992 y están a cargo del servicio hasta 2087, aunque hay reclamos para avanzar en una estatización. Quiénes están detrás de las empresas. La historia de los apagones masivos de 1999 y 2019.

www.pagina12.com.ar

The last 2 weeks are the first time I’ve experienced a power cut since my first time in BA in 2022 in Cañitas. It’s been much hotter prior so I’m not sure it can be purely blamed on air conditioning.

 

[mikic007]

The last 2 weeks are the first time I’ve experienced a power cut since my first time in BA in 2022 in Cañitas. It’s been much hotter prior so I’m not sure it can be purely blamed on air conditioning.

Sweet summer child . 10 years ago it was the most common thing. I was lucky to live next to the hospital, so we never experienced more than hour long shortages, but I had colleagues at work who were living months without electricity, in tenth floor also. Only thing working was gas, showering in fitness, eating in shopping mall.. Terrible stuff.

I am inland now, and here every wind or lightning throw it out, but it comes back in few hours. Extremely bad network, mercado se arregla solo etc.

 

[steveinbsas]

I was without power for about 30 minutes this afternoon following almost 12 hours of steady rain, fortunately without strong winds.

The power was most likely shut off while a repair crew was doing some work in the area. As far as I know, there wasn't any serious flooding in Villa Arias. The street in front of my house is one of the lowest points in the barrio. My driveway provided perfect drainage to the street, which is a meter lower than my house . Most of the rain, however, was absorbed directly into the ground.

The folks in Bahía Blanca were less fortunate: