Massive blackout affects much of northern Argentina

A massive blackout hit the northwest of Argentina since the afternoon of this Thursday, reaching the provinces of Salta, Tucumán and Jujuy. The ruling originated in the national interconnected system and left without electricity for several hours thousands of inhabitants in different points of the region.The service began to normalize in hours of the night The massive interruption of the electricity service began around 18, and the effects of th…

A major power outage left thousands of users in the provinces of Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán out of power during the afternoon of Wednesday. The failure occurred in the high-voltage energy transport system and resulted in an interruption in the 500 kilovolt (kV) line on the San Juancito-Cobos stretch, according to industry sources. Impact on supply According to the Tucumán Electric Distribution Company (EDET), the incident caused a collapse of the …

Three provinces in the north of the country were affected by a sharp blackout that began during the afternoon of this Thursday and spread during the night, again normalizing in that period. The areas affected by the total blackout were Salta, Tucumán and Jujuy, and according to sources, the interruption of the power supply began minutes after 18, surprising several cities of the NOA that were suddenly left without energy.

The interruption began during the afternoon of this Thursday. The distributor company EDESA confirmed that the problem originated in the National Interconnected System. A general blackout left the entire province of Salta and large areas of Tucumán and Jujuy without any details as to when the service will be restored. The interruption started shortly after 18 and generated a total blackout. The distributor company EDESA confirmed that the proble…

The cause of the North NOA system collapse would have been a failure of the 500KV high voltage line in the Sanjuancito-Cobos section, EDET reported.