2024-08-15 15:23:11
The CGE manager explained that the electricity supply has already been normalized in the regions of Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, La Araucanía and the Metropolitan region.
Ivan Quezada, general manager of the General Electricity Company (CGE), He referred to the power cuts that affected sectors of the Metropolitan Region and O’Higgins, also pointing to the responsibility of the authorities for the emergency which began in early August.
“There is no single person responsible here; it is not just the electricity company; it is the electricity company and all the agents that control and regulate it. This is a regulated market and the distribution companies are regulated; therefore, what we, as a company, have to do is effectively be in a position to make all the investments that are defined that we have to make and we have the willingness to do so,” he said. at a press conference.
The CGE representative stressed that there is an issue that “concerns us and that we have expressed in many hearings” and that “The infrastructure in Chile is not up to the expectations of our clients and families. That is a reality.”
Quezada said that “everything we are talking about regarding brigades, crews, whether the companies are fast or not… We’d rather focus our efforts on addressing the underlying issue: preventing these things from happening.”
The CGE manager also explained that the electricity supply has already been normalized in the regions of Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, La Araucanía and the Metropolitan region, leaving nearly 2,000 customers without electricity in the O’Higgins region.