He pause today, Monday around 14:29, had repercussions on 10.3 million users of various colonies, municipalities and mayors of different states of the country, assured Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).
The fault was caused by various power plants electricity they stopped working and this caused the energy to be sent to the transmission system, which stopped receiving another 7,500 megawatts.
although National Center for Energy Controla (Cenace) said the outage started at 14:28, CFE said: “at 14:29, 10.3 million users went out of service due to a low frequency throughout the country, this due to outages generation plants ”.
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@CFEmx informs that at 14:29, 10.3 million users went out of operation due to a low frequency throughout the country, due to the production of production plants.
This program is applied so as not to affect all users in the country.
– CFEmx (@CFEmx) December 28, 2020
The reactivation of the service started at 14:52, which according to CFE “is subject to the instructions of @CenaceMexico, which must guarantee the security of the national electricity system”.
But Prices He said that “at 14:45 (central time) there was a 60% recovery of cargo (representing 4,500 megawatts” in the National Interconnected System, prioritizing strategic areas. “
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By 15:55 CFE and Cenace reported that they had already recovered 94% of the load, ie 7,050 megawatts. Shortly afterwards, at 16:12, a 100% recovery was reported.
#CFEInforma | At 15:30, the power supply was restored to 4.7 million users, representing 45% progress. We will continue in coordination with @CenaceMexico to restore 100% service.
– CFEmx (@CFEmx) December 28, 2020
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