Power supply crisis that affects 13 of the 16 cities of Amapá completes eight days | National newspaper

A bakery lost a lot of merchandise in the early days of the blackout. The owner decided to buy a power generator for R $ 29 thousand. “I had two bags of bald bread, which is French bread, stored for baking. I had to throw it away, in the garbage cart. A pallet freezer was still almost in the middle, I had to throw it away, ”says Edmário Rocha, owner of a bakery.

Movement in a restaurant was cut in half. The manager complains about the energy turnover. “The rotation is not being fulfilled. Today was supposed to be noon and it was nine in the morning. So, there is no way for us to plan their schedule, because they don’t keep their schedule, the time they spend with us, ”laments David Cardoso, restaurant manager.

Companhia de Eletricidade do Amapá received more than 300 complaints about rotation failures. In some parts of the state, the supply has not been restored or partially restored. In the Bailique archipelago, only those with a generator get power.

The Macapá Consumption Police Station arrested three people for the abusive collection of mineral water prices. “The price is absurd, from R $ 15 to R $ 20. I already bought one liter of water for R $ 10”, says Isabel Lobato, nurse.

The National Electric Power Agency is investigating the causes of the blackout. The inspection will determine if there were maintenance failures or in the operation of the substation that caught fire last Tuesday (3).

“If a failure is found in planning, operation or maintenance, penalties and even a fine of 2% of the company’s income will be warned,” says André Pepitone, CEO of Aneel.

This Tuesday, the Ministry of Regional Development released R $ 21.6 million for the state of Amapá. Most of the money will be used to rent generators and buy fuel for this equipment, which will go mainly to hospital units.

The forecast of the Ministry of Mines and Energy to normalize the supply is until Friday (13).

Residents of the largest housing complex in the state, which is located in Macapá, held a protest on Tuesday afternoon (10) to demand the normalization of the power and water supply.

“I had a loss of almost R $ 5,000 because my oven burned. There are people who depend on me, employees, and without energy there is no way,” says Flávia Peixoto, owner of a bakery.

“We have children, there are the elderly, there are people with disabilities. There are many people here who need this energy,” says merchant Riceli Santos.