Power cuts of ‘some dimension’ are still frustrating households throughout the country following the ‘mass outage’ of last April.
Over the weekend, a large section of Aljezur in the Algarve lost power for the afternoon and early evening – and then on Wednesday, 21,000 people were left without electricity between 12.19 and 16.24 (four hours) in the Alto Minho.
The failure affected six municipalities – and what is ‘interesting’ is that its causes are, reportedly, “still not clear”.
The power failed in the hydroelectric station of France, in Sopo, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira.
“Practically all the parishes in the municipalities of Caminha, Vila Nova de Cerveira and Valença lost power, as well as various communities in the municipalities of Melgaço, Arcos de Valdevez and Ponte de Lima”, explain reports.
The fault was repaired “in large part” by mid-afternoon, but 1,800 people remained ‘in the dark’ until much later.
The reason these failings are so ‘interesting’ is that the government is also trying to persuade citizens to give up gas appliances and ‘go electric’ (in a campaign that has already been criticised for its restrictions on consumer choice, by DECO).
As many discovered, to quiet desperation, during the “Great Iberian Blackout” last April, homes with electrical appliances (ovens/ boilers etc.) were not only plunged into a power blackout, they were left unable to cook or enjoy hot water.
Source: Observador
