Power blackout is recorded in cities in the Sertão da Paraíba

Street without electricity in Sousa, in Sertão da Paraíba, after blackout Beto Silva/TV Paraíba A power outage was recorded in several cities in Sertão da Paraíba on Tuesday night (7). Reports from residents of Patos, Sousa, Igaracy and Uiraúna, four cities in the region, indicate that there were problems related to energy. ? Click here to follow the g1 PB channel on WhatsApp According to some reports, such as in Igaracy, there was a power outage for a few minutes, around 7:05 pm. Subsequently, there was a restoration. In other cities, such as Uiraúna, power took a little longer to return, but was restored until the last update of this report. Other cities such as Cajazeiras and Pombal also had power outages for some time. g1 contacted Energisa, an energy supply company in some cities in the state, which informed that the interruption in the registered energy supply was caused by an incident in the energy transmission system, which is the responsibility of Axia, and has no relationship with the distribution network operated by Energisa. The supply has been restored and the causes are being analyzed by the energy transmission company. Power outage is recorded in cities in the Sertão da Paraíba Beto Silva/TV Paraíba In parallel to the power outage in Paraíba, a blackout was also recorded in some cities in Ceará. The energy supplier in the state, in a statement, said that a defect in a substation under the responsibility of the transmitter Axia Energia (formerly Eletrobras Chesf), in Milagres, caused an interruption in the energy supply of some customers in the municipalities of Juazeiro do Norte, Milagres, Brejo Santo, Barbalha, Porteiras and Iguatu. The Ceará distributor also reported that, through cargo transfer maneuvers, the company has already restored supply to 96% of affected customers.