A PREPA defect leaves the sectors of Carolina, Trujillo Alto, San Juan and Guaynabo without electricity

A failure of the high-voltage lines running between the Sabana Llana and Monacillos transmission centers from Electricity Authority (AEE) left more than 10,000 subscribers in the Carolina, Trujillo Alto, San Juan and Guaynabo sectors without electricity this morning.

The deputy director of operations of the public corporation, Fernando Padilla, pointed them out The new day The cause of the crash, which took place around 5:30 a.m., is still unknown, but brigades are still working in the area. It did not provide an estimated time to recover the system.

“In the early hours of this morning, an event took place at the Sabana Llana transmission center, near Carolina, which also affected the Monacillos transmission center. The high voltage lines running between Monacillos and Sabana Llana had an event. We already have staff in the area to be able to identify the cause of the fault and to be able to enter the rest of the customers who are without service. “, said.

He determined that so far tomorrow they have added subscribers to the system, but that Encantada and Conquistador stations in Trujillo Alto are still out of service.

“If you look at that piece of Carolina, San Juan and Guaynabo, this was the event area and it’s where most of the customers ran out of services. We currently have over 10,000 customers who are out of service. Once the staff determines the cause of the failure, we will refuel the bus to enter the station and to be able to energize the customers left outside, “he said.

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

“It simply came to our notice then. Yesterday, what I called a hot spot in the Sabana Llana transmission center. Do you know why it wasn’t corrected? Because I didn’t have a truck. The truck broke down seven months ago in an accident in Puerto Nuevo and in seven months, those who drive the authority today, who are the same ones who have been driving it for the last three years, have not had the capacity to address the issue. “, detailed the.

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

The new day requested a response from PREPA on this complaint, but no response has yet been received.