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The president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP), said on Sunday 8 that he will accuse the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) for a rigorous investigation into the responsibilities of the company responsible for the substation that caught fire and caused a blackout. . in 14 of the 16 municipalities of Amapá. For Alcolumbre, the concessionaire Linhas de Macapá Transmissora de Energia (LMTE) must lose the concession and the project must be assumed by Eletronorte.
“The amapaenses demand that the authorities investigate and that responsibility for all the events that led to the blackout in the state be rigorously investigated,” he said. “It is essential to investigate the causes that caused the fire in the Amapá substation. And that those responsible are punished in an exemplary manner so that this tragedy never repeats itself.”
The fire in the substation occurred on Tuesday 3 and left the state in darkness. The electricity started to return on Saturday 7 in the morning. The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) reported on Sunday 8 that 76% of the supply was restored, but the population says there is instability in the delivery of energy.
OR Status reported on the difficulties of the population of Macapá and the revolt in peripheral neighborhoods of the Santana municipality. The government says the load will return to normal in 10 days. Until then, there will be rationing.
The Federal Court, in turn, determined a daily fine of R $ 15 million for the concessionaire if the service is not resumed in three days. In a note, the concessionaire LMTE reported that “it works uninterruptedly and in conjunction with governments and regulatory bodies to guarantee the total restoration of electricity supply in the State.”
The company did not comment on the court decision or the fact that President Jair Bolsonaro suggested that the blame for the blackout is his. Yesterday, live on social media, Bolsonaro said he “didn’t want to blame anyone,” but said he believed the company did not keep the line.
“All available resources, human or financial, were made available to the working group created to solve the problem. The concessionaire will continue to be 100% mobilized until all energy consumers in the state of Amapá are fully served and with solutions. perfectly designed and implemented techniques, ”said the company.
The Macapá Transmissora de Energia Lines belonged to the Spanish company Isolux, which entered into judicial reorganization, and is today called Gemini Energy. Gemini Energy has an 85.04% stake in the line and 14.96% is owned by the Superintendency of Amazon Development (SUDAM), a federal government agency linked to the Ministry of Regional Development (MDR).
Gemini Energy, in turn, has as partners the investment funds Starboard, with 80%, and Perfin, with 20%. Starboard’s participation is through the Power Fip fund and Perfin’s participation through the Apollo 14 Fip fund.
Sudam’s participation is given by the conversion of six installments of debentures into shares.
