He Government will advance with gas cuts natural to some industries in order to avoid problems of supply because demand almost doubled before the arrival of the polar wave.
Cammesa, the company that is in charge of energy dispatch, urgently put out to tender the purchase of 12 shipments of fuel oil and diesel to address the increase in gas consumption.
The arrival of the cold in the central area of the country took the Ministry of Energy by surprise, which had scheduled the arrival of low temperatures only for the first week of June.
The “priority demand” (homes and businesses) is already heading towards using almost 80 million cubic meters (m3) per day, when in May it usually requires 45 million.
Industries with high gas demand, such as lumber, ceramics and plastics, will suffer cuts. Meanwhile, heThe lack of gas already began to affect Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) service stations with interruptible contracts last week.
Electricity cuts that use gas as an input could also begin
In the sector they explain that if the gas was not cut off to these users due to a lack of product and a drop in the pressure of the gas pipelines, electricity cuts that use gas as an input would have to begin.
The emergency scenario was caused by temperatures much lower than expected for this time of year.
In Cordovaan undetermined number of industries began to receive this Friday the order to interrupt the consumption of natural gas for their processes.
This was confirmed by a director of the Industrial Union of Córdoba (UIC), stating that The entity has already recorded several cases of gas outages due to lack of fluid in the system.
The order to cut off the supply to the industries would also be related to the goal of achieving fiscal surplus.
