2024-08-20 19:29:32
The deadline given by the Government to Enel to restore electricity to all homes in the Metropolitan Region was reached at midnight on Tuesday, but the company did not meet the goal.
At 00:00 sharp on Wednesday, August 14 The deadline given by the Government to Enel to completely restore electrical service in the Metropolitan Region has expiredbut according to the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC), still Thousands of homes remain without electricity this morning.
According to the SEC, after midnight on Tuesday A total of 3,967 households remained without electricity supply in different communes of the Metropolitan Region.
The SEC specified that the commune that has the largest number of Enel customers without electricity is Lampa, where 1,536 homes still need to have their electricity restored.
According to the supervisory body in its latest report, the other communes with the highest number of customers without electricity are Pudahuel (630 clients), Conchalí (342), Colina (226), Quinta Normal (160), Maipú (151) and Quilicura (105).
The other deadlines that were given to Enel to restore the light
Along with giving Enel the aforementioned deadline to completely restore the electric service in the Metropolitan Region, the Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, stated that “The expiration process continues until the last customer of this company is replenished.“.
“Now a new goal has been set for them, which we hope will be met before midnight next Tuesday, so that end the number of families that remain without electricity“, the Secretary of State said at the time.
It should be remembered that the Government had previously given two other deadlines to restore the service. The first established that Enel had to restore service to 20 thousand customers in 24 hourswhile the second consisted of the Power supply restored to 14,000 homes in 48 hourswhich the company complied with in both cases.