Power Cuts Reported for Third Straight Day in Northern Mérida, Affecting 11 Neighborhoods

Another blackout left parts of northern Mérida without power Tuesday night, the third consecutive day that outages have affected neighborhoods in Yucatán.

Residents reported service failures in Montebello, México, México Norte, San Antonio Cinta, Emiliano Zapata Norte, Montealbán, San Antonio Cucul, Sol Campestre, Las Américas, Colonia Maya, Francisco de Montejo and Altabrisa.

The Federal Electricity Commission, known as CFE, said electricity had been restored across the affected area during the early hours and morning of Tuesday after Monday night’s major blackout. Residents in northern Mérida, however, reported another outage that same night.

Business groups said the Monday blackout caused considerable losses that are still being assessed. Preliminary estimates mentioned by the National Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism of Mérida and Canacintra put the figure at about 100 million pesos. Restaurants were among the sectors hit because they operate mainly in the afternoon and evening, when the outages occurred.

David Reyes Aguiar, president of Coparmex Mérida, and José Enrique Molina Casares, president of the Mérida chamber, said it was impossible to quantify the economic losses for now. They cited the range of affected sectors and the absence of a standardized method for calculating the damage.

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It is impossible to quantify for now the economic losses caused by Monday night’s blackout in the Yucatán Peninsula, due to the diversity of sectors affected and the absence of a standardized mechanism for making the assessment.