Nueva Esparta Guild demands information from the Minister of Energy

The Chamber of Commerce of Nueva Esparta (Camcomercione) again asked the Minister of Electrical Energy, Jorge Márquez, for information on the status of the plans and actions implemented by the authorities to address electrical failures. caused by the explosion in a gas plant in Monagas.

Camcomercione warned that the electrical rationing plan applied has led to a significant decrease in activities in the region because in some municipalities there have been prolonged power outages of 13 and up to 20 hours.

“Today, in the absence of official and public information on the status of the issue (…) and in the interest of maintaining citizen tranquility, we suggest, once again, that these can be made general knowledge to avoid distortions and greater impact on the economy. of the region,” the business union said in a statement.

Camcomercione indicated that the new contingency leads them to promote the essential transformations to guarantee in Nueva Esparta autonomy in the supply of energy, water and other essential basic services such as fuel and gas.

“This entire serious situation confirms the immense and imperative need to strengthen the infrastructure of our public services. Public services are a strategic and national security matter and even more so in our case as Nueva Esparta is an island and border state, so the time has come to agree and walk together in the construction of sustainable solutions,” the union maintains.

The chamber also reported that they have had the support of PDVSA for the fuel required by the power plants of shopping centers, hotels, supermarkets and business units.

ANDThe union proposed to PDVSA and Corpoelec to build a gas storage tank in Margaritawhich can guarantee the island autonomy of between 15 and 30 days, and in the future migrate to other alternatives such as wind and photovoltaic energy so as not to depend on a single generation source.