Blackout in SP: Padilha denounces "omission" by Enel and lack of teams

247 - The Chief Minister of the Secretariat for Institutional Relations of the Presidency, Alexandre Padilha, stated on Monday (14) that possible irregularities by the energy company Enel are being investigated, amid the blackout affecting São Paulo. He also criticized the "absurd stance" of the company and the lack of workers fixing the problem, calling it an "omission."

"I have opened investigations into any possible failures or irregularities by the private concessionaire, and possibly also in relation to officials from the National Electric Energy Agency. This is an absurd stance, for example, from the concessionaire, claiming they had deployed only 12 teams for the entire ABC region of São Paulo. Indeed, an omission by the concessionaire," Padilha said during a press conference, as reported by CBN radio.

The distributor informed that 430,000 properties remained without electricity on Monday afternoon (14). Of this total, 280,000 are in the city of São Paulo.