Brazil's Eletropaulo Fined BRL4.7 Million For Sao Paulo Blackouts
05 March 2011 - 6:40AM
Dow Jones News
Eletropaulo Metropolitana (ELPL4.BR), the distributor serving
the city of Sao Paulo, was fined 4.7 million Brazilian reais ($2.9
million) by a consumer protection agency Friday after recent
blackouts in the country's biggest metropolitan area.
The fine is related to two blackouts, one last December and
another this January. Consumer protection agency Procon said on its
website Friday that Eletropaulo failed to provide "adequate and
efficient" service to clients, in violation of consumer protection
codes.
The January blackout was caused after problems at a substation
operated by Cia. de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista
(TRPL4.BR), or CTEEP, as the transmission company is known. A
transformer overheated due to the substation working close to its
capacity of 1,200 megawatts, causing an automatic shutdown and
leaving 2.5 million consumers without power, Procon said last
month.
Because the substation continues to operate close to capacity
and a backup station is set to come online only in 2012, CTEEP
can't guarantee that other blackouts won't occur, Procon said.
Eletropaulo said in an email that it is analyzing Procon's
decision and plans to appeal the ruling.
-By Paulo Winterstein, Dow Jones Newswires; 55-11-3544-7073;
paulo.winterstein@dowjones.com
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