2024-05-14 07:25:25
The president of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Guadalupe Taddei, pointed out that she hopes that the situation of blackouts in the country will be corrected, because although in the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP) fraud is “impossible,” she did not rule out some type eventuality due to lack of electricity.
Yesterday, for the third consecutive day, the National Energy Control Center declared the Emergency Operational State in the National Interconnected System, due to the increase in energy consumption in the country due to high temperatures, with blackouts reported in states such as Edomex and Tamaulipas. .
In a press conference, the president of the electoral body stated that the INE has contracted emergency power plants, which will be tested in drills, so the operation of the PREP it is guaranteed.
For her part, Sofía Isabel Ramírez, member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Preliminary Electoral Results Program, said that the INE is prepared with such emergency plants that would protect the operation of the PREP while they are short-term blackouts “like those that have occurred.” “, and stated that in the event that “the electricity outages are prolonged, we would already be talking about another eventuality.”
The INE contracted 100 emergency plants to operate during the election day of June 2, most of them from the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) for an amount of up to 20 million pesos.
In turn, the president of the INE He pointed out that the arrival of a Cold Front is expected in the coming days, so that could reduce high temperatures and reduce the possibility of effects on the National Electrical System.
He stated that there is already contact with CFE directors to guarantee the energy supply during election day.
Temperatures
Climate change is a reality and is here to stay, so the blackouts that occurred on Tuesday in part of the country could be “a typical scenario of a not-so-distant future” if there is no energy transition, warned the Institute researcher. of Renewable Energies of the UNAM, Osvaldo Rodríguez Hernández.
He expressed that the country has all the elements to begin preparing and covering the energy demand that will exist in the future.
In an interview, the specialist confirmed that the high demand for electrical energy, mainly for the operation of air conditioners in very hot regions, caused a consumption peak to be recorded on Tuesday that alerted the National Energy Control Center (Cenace).
Rodríguez Hernández considered that the generation of electricity is one of the most important decisions that are made in the country six years after six years, but that they require a strong investment, to, among other things, build transmission lines and that they are generally transexennial projects. .
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