The electric transmission company, Metropolitan Transmission Society (STM)subsidiary of Saesa Group, commented on the incident that during the early hours of this Thursday left more than 400 thousand customers without electricity supply in the capital, affected by the fall of a tree. In an activity with the press in the place where the greatest impact occurred, the STM zonal manager, Jorge Villardelivered the company’s version in the middle of the investigation opened by the Superintendence of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) for the event.
In this regard, although he said that the company is collaborating with the investigation, it also clarified that the responsibilities around the tree that caused damage to the high-voltage electrical infrastructure, They weren’t from the electric company..
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“It is indeed a matter of investigation. The law is clear that there is a range that is the absolute responsibility of the transmitting company; What is within 10 meters on both sides of the line, there is no doubt that the responsibility is ours. This is obviously outside this zone, within the territory of a private person, and therefore it is impossible to pronounce before the investigation.”said Villar.
He added that the firm’s work was concentrated in the first hours on replenishing the electricity supply for the distribution company.
“In order, our first effort is to recover the supply. We didn’t come here right away; First we work in blocks to recover the supply. Once recovered, our second priority is to repair the damage“, he pointed.
In addition, he emphasized that they will provide “all the information to the Superintendency for its investigation.”
In parallel, the company issued a statement in which it referred to the case, explaining that “due to the fall of a large tree, the Ochagavía La Florida transmission line failed, which affected nearly 450 thousand clients from Santiago, Ñuñoa, Macul, La Florida, San Joaquín, Peñalolén, Providencia, San Miguel and La Granja”.
“We regret the inconvenience caused and inform that, immediately after the failure occurred, our teams on the ground attended to the problem, managing to replace the entire supply around 4:30 a.m.,” the company said in said letter.
And he added that “our efforts will be focused on the repair of infrastructure. These operations will not affect the customers’ electricity supply, since the tower is de-energized, as a result of the service restoration maneuvers that we carried out,” concluded STM.
