A lack of electricity caused by a blackout in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, which has been going on for more than three days, is generating serious financial losses to the sectors of the retail and services.
Calculations of Fecomercio-SP (Federation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism of the State of São Paulo) show that the gross losses in both sectors already total around R$ 1,65 billion.
However, according to the union, the real value of the loss must be greater than this, since Enel-SP, the company responsible for energy distribution in the region, has not yet provided answers about the return of service to all properties that depend on the network.
The numbers from Fecomercio-SP show that only the São Paulo retail suffered losses of at least R$536 million on days when some of the sector's agents were out of action. In the case of services, losses totaled R$1,1 billion.
This data was compiled taking into that, on weekends, commerce in São Paulo tends to earn, on average, R$1,1 billion per day, while services have revenues of R$2,3 billion.
Charges
In a note sent to the press, Fecomercio-SP stated that it is unacceptable for the largest Brazilian metropolis to suffer from constant power cuts, as has been happening in recent months.
“Worse than that, the city cannot go so long without electricity in the midst of these episodes. The current outage has already lasted three days, while the last one, at the end of 2023, lasted a week,” highlighted the Federal.
Fecomércio-SP also points out that the lack of this basic service causes significant problems for the population and huge losses for businesses.
“Many companies are counting economic losses every day without electricity, such as markets, restaurants, pharmacies and retail stores, in addition to services that are unable to operate, since, in addition to energy, they are without Internet access.”
4th day of blackout
In a new update, Enel-SP reported that around 250 thousand properties of cities in Greater São Paulo continued without access to electricity until 6 am this Tuesday (15).
The shortage in the area occurs after a storm hit the State of São Paulo last Friday (11). In total, more than 2,1 million homes were left without electricity.
In this new statement, the Enel-SP reported that it is working “incessantly” since Friday, when gusts of wind hit the concession area and caused damage to the power grid.
The company also said it had reinforced its field teams, in addition to receiving technical from other distributors and having moved professionals from other states.
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