Posted on 07/08/2021 3:20:54 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
A major power outage in Central America cut electricity to some 15 million residents on Wednesday, with the worst impact felt in Honduras and Nicaragua.
The two most-affected countries saw power for nearly all residents “practically go down to zero volts,” siad EOR communications head Evelyn Flores.
The grid operator said the outage began at 1 p.m. (1900 GMT) but the cause and specific origin of the massive loss of power still being determined.
Energy use fell from 8,300 megawatts to just 2,400 megawatts across the region with the exception of Panama and Costa Rica, which were mostly unaffected, EOR added.
EOR provides power to around 47 million people in Central America, from Panama to Guatemala, meaning nearly a third were forced to deal with a cut to power supplies.
The Brillantes electrical substation on the border between Mexico and Guatemala near the city of Tapachula suffered an interconnection failure at the same time, Guatemala’s energy vice minister Manuel Eduardo Arita told Reuters.
In Honduras, workers were gradually reestablishing electricity, which was expected to be restored by late afternoon, Luis Deras, the head of the national electricity company ENEE, told local radio station HRN.
Coming to a GREEN country near you. Remember, nothing saves Mother Earth like blackouts.
Did the wind stop blowing again?
this would be the perfect time for them to “go green” as they could just leave the power off permanently ... the other big benefit of doing that is folks wouldn’t have to worry about blackouts any more ... (i like to think positively whenever i can) ...
That is one way to reduce the amount of meat eaten.
Great for electric cars.
They are as bad off as California and Texas.
They have democrats down there?
They have democrats down there?
Editor's note. Always capitalize 'black'.
You’re right. My bad.
No. Socialists. Same difference...
Socialism
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