Enel Traces São Paulo Center Blackout to Equipment Shutdown on Rua Paim

Overview

• After four days of outages, Enel said it identified a starting point for the failure as the shutdown of a device on Rua Paim, though the exact reason for the shutdown is still under technical analysis.
• The company stated it expects to begin reducing the number of generators on the streets on Friday while completing final repairs and transferring customers back to the main grid.
• Enel cautioned that customers on streets such as Paim and Augusta may experience temporary intermittence during the transition from generator supply to the underground network.
• Generators—more than 20 deployed by Enel plus privately hired units—have kept buildings powered but brought persistent noise and blocked access in central neighborhoods.
• Reports differ on the scale of the outage, with figures ranging from more than 20,000 to over 30,000 properties affected at the peak, while most service has been restored according to company statements.