2024-05-09 05:56:48
For 48 minutes, the National Interconnected System (SIN) of the electric system entered into state of emergency this Tuesday between 5:04 p.m. and 5:52 p.m., according to an alert from the National Energy Control Center (Pricing).
While blackouts were reported in some parts of Puebla, State of Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas and Guanajuato and Mexico City.
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Cenace declared an Emergency Operational State, while users reported outages in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Tultitlán, Chalco and other points surrounding the Valley of Mexico as parts of the Iztapalapa mayor’s office.
Ramses Pech, energy and oil expert, commented that the rule indicates that when operational reserves register rates below 6% of electricity, an Operational Alert State must be declared, although this is not actually an emergency, since ” “There are sufficient reserves to supply the country’s consumption,” but it occurs at times when there is a lot of heat.
Pech emphasized that temperatures this year increased much before summer, which increased the peak of demand, since he recalled that in Mexico we are one hour behind compared to the United States, which has one more hour of daylight.
He specified that it has been historically detected that the highest energy consumption in homes is between 6 and 7 in the evening, when the majority begin to arrive home and turn on lights, televisions and other equipment.
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“They put in air conditioning systems who have them and this increases demand. What we saw right now is a greater need for electricity between four and 6 and that is why we saw the emergency, because there was a heat wave at that time and they needed a greater amount of light, we have to remember that there are shopping centers, hotels, places.”
This situation also happened in June of last year, where blackouts were recorded in several parts of the Mexican Republic, when the electrical system went into emergency.
But the situation in 2024 is moving forward due to the heat records that are being experienced in Mexico.
The Tacubaya Observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 33.4 degrees Celsius, “a figure that surpassed the record for a day like today in 2003,” according to the National Water Commission (Conagua).
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2024-05-09 05:56:48