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After 22 days of blackout, the energy rotation ended in Amapá and the supply normalized, according to the energy distributor and the federal government. The resumption of 100% of the supply was possible after the energization, in the early hours of this Tuesday (24), of a second transformer in the Macapá substation, the main one in the state and which caught fire on November 3.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) had announced that, with the activation of the equipment, it would be possible to once again provide power to 100% of the state. The announcement of the end of the rotation was made by Empresa Eléctrica de Amapá (CEA) at 8:12 am on Tuesday.
The Companhia de Eletricidade do Amapá (CEA) informs that this Tuesday 24 the rotation of the electricity supply has been officially closed. […] With this transformer in operation, 100% supply was guaranteed to serve the 13 municipalities affected by the accident at the Macapá Substation on November 3, ”CEA said in a note.
Through Twitter, the Ministry of Mines and Energy also ensured that the electricity supply was restored throughout the state.
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The power rotation, which was implemented since November 7, provided electricity in shifts every 3 hours and every 4 hours.
The transformer energized this morning left Laranjal do Jari, in the south of the state, and was installed in the state’s main substation, which gives Amapá access to the National Interconnected System (SIN). This unit was the one that suffered a fire on November 3, which left 89% of Amapá without electricity.
The Macapá Transmissora de Energia Lines (LMTE), responsible for the substation, had until Thursday (26) to energize the transformer. The federal government’s forecast was that, with this, power would be restored in the entire area affected by the blackout.
There are three weeks of energy crisis. The population faced a 4-day blackout, and a new total blackout on November 17, which was resolved in approximately 4 hours.
The situation developed a series of problems in the state: it affected the supply of water and telecommunications, there was a rush to service stations that had power generators, merchants suffered losses due to not being able to keep food refrigerated, others managed to serve depending on the sun, among others.
There have been more than 120 protests against the blackout since November 6.
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The promise was that the team would return power to 100% state, which did not happen. The maximum term was extended until next Thursday (26), with the activation of the new transformer in Macapá.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy indicates that the substation must work with two transformers and have a third, “back up.” With the fire, one piece of equipment was completely destroyed, another was overloaded and damaged and the third had been under maintenance since December 2019.
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