A breakdown in the AEE leaves sectors of Carolina, Trujillo Alto, San Juan and Guaynabo without light

A breakdown in the high voltage lines that run between the transmission centers of Sabana Llana and Monacillos de la Electricity Authority (AEE) left without light this morning over 10,000 subscribers from sectors of Carolina, Trujillo Alto, San Juan and Guaynabo.

The Deputy Director of Operations of the public corporation, Fernando Padilla, has indicated a The New Day that so far the reason for the breakdown that happened to this from 5:30 am is unknown, but brigades remain working in the area. It did not offer an estimated time for system recovery.

“During this morning, there was an event at the Sabana Plana transmission center, near Carolina, which also affected the Monacillos transmission center. The high-voltage lines running between Monacillos and Sabana Llana they had an event. We already have staff in the area to be able to identify the cause of the breakdown and to be able to enter the rest of the customers who are without service, He said.

He stated that so far tomorrow they have added subscribers to the system, but that the Encantada and Conqueridor substations in Trujillo Alt are still out of service.

“If you look at this piece of Carolina, San Juan and Guaynabo, that was the area of ​​the event and it’s where most of the customers ran out of service. We currently have over 10,000 customers who are out of service. once the staff determines the cause of the breakdown, as we will be energizing the bar again to enter the substation and be able to energize customers who are left out, “he said.

For his part, the president of the Union of Workers of the Electrical and Irrigation Industry (Utier, for the acronym in English), Jaime Figueroa Jaramillo, denounced in WKAQ-580 AM that the breakdown was anticipated yesterday and was not attended to because a specialized truck to deal with this type of failure has been damaged for seven months.

“This breakdown was detected yesterday. Yesterday, what we call a hot spot at the Sabana Llana transmission center. Do you know why it was not corrected? Because we didn’t have a truck. The truck broke down seven months ago in an accident that was in Port Nou and in seven months, those who run the authority today, who are the same ones who have been running it for the past three years, have not had the capacity to address the problem. “, He detailed.

According to Jaramillo, this truck has the ability to connect to lines 115 and 230 “live.” “The teammates become part of the line, but to him not to have this truck available, this hot spot in the switch of 115 and 230 could not be repaired yesterday. Luck and truth, maybe it happens and it doesn’t happen “But it happened,” the union leader lamented.

The New Day requested a reaction from the EEA on this complaint, but no response has yet been received.