Did you experience the blackout in CDMX? On the night of Tuesday, May 7, several areas of the country were without electricity. What caused these blackouts in Mexico? We tell you all about it.
Several parts of Mexico City, Mexico City, Guanajuato, Puebla, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Guerrero and other Mexican states were momentarily without power. According to General Info from the National Energy Control Center (Cenace), this occurred due to generation capacity problems that began at 16:05 in the afternoon.
Through an informative note, said agency detailed that on May 7, the Emergency Operating Status was declared on two occasions, as the Operating Reserve Margin was lower than the minimum required (which is 6%).
The first state of emergency was declared at 17:04 after wind generation decreased, as did photovoltaic generation, the latter “due to cloud cover in the Bajio region”.
In view of this situation, it was decided to interrupt the electric power supply on a rotating basis. Subsequently, due to the reduction in energy demand, the state of emergency ended at 17:52 hours.
However, at 19:08 the generation decreased again. In addition to this and the increase in energy demand during the night, the Operational State of Emergency was declared again at 19:10 pm.
From that time on, the power supply was interrupted in order to “maintain the safety and reliability of the rest of the power system. As a result, there was a blackout in CDMX and other states of the country.
Finally, at 8:10 p.m., the affected supply began to be resumed. Here is the full report.