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Power cuts: ANDE reports failures in transformers and lines

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Under investigation
  • Two failures affected transformers and medium- and high-voltage lines in Paraguay’s metropolitan area.
  • The first outage lasted 14 minutes from 11:33, while a second interruption two hours later lasted three minutes.
  • ANDE has not identified the precise cause and is checking two 66-kilovolt lines to prevent further incidents.

Two consecutive failures in Paraguay’s metropolitan electricity system left hundreds of users without power on September 4.

The first incident occurred at 11:33, when two transformers at ANDE’s Puerto Sajonia station went offline after their protection systems activated. At the same time, the 66-kilovolt line linking Lambaré station with the Republicano substation disconnected.

The outage lasted 14 minutes and service returned at 11:47, according to ANDE data. At 13:33, the same infrastructure suffered another failure. That interruption lasted three minutes, with power restored at 13:36, ANDE technical manager Víctor Alí said.

“To prevent new events, we are carrying out checks on the 66-kilovolt Republicano-Gral. Díaz and Lambaré-Republicano lines,” Alí said.

ANDE has not yet specified what triggered the system protections. Its technicians continue checking both lines.

To prevent new events, we are carrying out checks on the 66-kilovolt Republicano-Gral. Díaz and Lambaré-Republicano lines.

· Víctor AlíANDE’s technical manager described the checks underway after the two outages.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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