Venezuela: 14 years ago the College of Engineers began to warn about the electrical crisis

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President of the CIV: 14 years ago the College of Engineers began to warn about the electrical crisis
DolarToday / Mar 13, 2019 @ 9:00 pm



translated from Spanish

14 years ago the College of Engineers of Venezuela began to warn about the electricity crisis in the country indicating that its mismanagement could cause a collapse, said today the president of the CIV, Eng. Enzo Betancourt also remembering that this institution offered a year ago an integral plan for the rescue of the national electrical system, "and the government ignored us".

The previous statement was made on the occasion of the historic interruption of the energy supply since last Thursday, which affected more than 80% of the entire national territory creating anxiety and anguish in the population. Since Tuesday, the service has been progressively re-established, but there are still sectors of the country without electricity.

Engineer Betancourt then pointed out that "Mr. Luis Vásquez Corro was not wrong," to whom today time has given him reason, when in Barquisimeto two years ago he reported "the complications that exist in the Guri dam, which could cause great national blackout ". "As a result of these statements, the colleague was arbitrarily detained by police agencies, and was called to create alarm in the population." "The manifest incapacity, coupled with negligence is hidden under the already hackneyed and unlikely argument of" sabotage ", when a contingency occurs in the electricity sector, and this case could not be the exception".

- The lamentable losses could be avoided - it said - if the government had acted from the beginning with good disposition and desires to face the problem, but unfortunately the crude and sad reality indicates us something else. Until satiation we have been denouncing that the national electricity system is not in a position to provide an efficient and reliable service. We have carried out exhaustive analyzes of the situation, and we have presented solutions and suggestions. There is no maintenance of stations and distribution plants. There has also been an exodus of professionals due to poor working conditions and low salaries, and investments have not been sufficient. In 2009 the electrical emergency was decreed, and its results have been highly negative because the problem is getting worse and worse, and it is regrettable to say it, but if the necessary corrections are not applied, this contingency tends to repeat itself more frequently, He referred the Eng. Betancourt.

-In the Venezuelan Engineers Association -he highlighted- we have presented viable formulas, with highly qualified personnel, that allow us to face this problem that affects the quality of life of Venezuelans, their safety and even their lives. Unfortunately, these proposals were never taken into account. However, we continue to insist, and before this new and unfortunate circumstance, the guild that I preside proposes the creation of a national interdisciplinary commission and even, with international participation, to carry out an audit of what happened and present a report to the country with their respective solutions .

Finally, he emphasized that "our law of the exercise of the profession establishes that the Venezuelan College of Engineers is guardian of the public interest, and from there all our pronouncements necessarily depart.

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1. Engineers deny the sabotage in the Venezuelan power plant and confirm that it was a fire

Engineers deny the sabotage in the Venezuelan power plant and confirm that it was a fire
The repair of the electrical failure will take between 5 and 6 days due to the deterioration of the structure

translated from Spanish

"The undergrowth was very high and there was a fire," which destroyed the electricity transmission lines of the Guri's main hydroelectric plant last Thursday and plunged the country into darkness, the president of the Venezuelan Association of Electrical Energy of the College of Engineers, Winston Cabas.

Cabas informed the local press that the continuous blackouts that Venezuela is experiencing six days ago are the result of the instability and fragility of the electricity system, adding that to repair the Nicolás Maduro regime does not have qualified personnel or resources necessary to restore the service soon.

Under normal conditions the repair of the electrical failure would take between 4 and 8 hours , but given the deterioration that the structure presents the blackouts will last between 5 and 6 more days because the restoration is being done manually in each region.

Cabas denied the Maduro regime, which has accused Juan Guaidó and the United States of sabotaging the electrical system with a supposed cyber attack. "To begin with, this is impossible because the national system is not digital but analog."

Cabas said the fire occurred in the corridor of the 765 Kv line that connects with the Guri. "The undergrowth was very high and there was a fire that took two drivers out of operation due to overheating and one more fell due to an overload of energy which knocked down the transmission of the lines. It is important to say that between 80 and 90% of the generation of electricity in the country depends on hydroelectric power. "

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https://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-ingenieros-niegan-sabotaje-central-electrica-venezolana-y-confirman-incendio-201903130232_noticia.html