110 million Pesos in Investment and more than 124 thousand customers who will enjoy the benefits in the Western Area of the City of Buenos Aires
- The Deputy Chief of the City of Buenos Aires took part in the opening of EDESUR Caballito Substation
Buenos Aires, December 1, 2016. As part of the Investment Plan of 2,700 million pesos that EDESUR that the electricity distribution company subsidiary of Enel Argentina has been executing in 2016, the repowering works of Caballito Substation started today.
Present at the act were the Deputy Chief of the Government of the City, Diego Santilli, ENEL Argentina Country Manager, Maurizio Bezzeccheri, Enel Infrastructure and Network Global Director, Livio Gallo and EDESUR General Manager, Juan Carlos Blanco.
The work performed by the company comprised the change of two 40 MVA transformers by two 80 MVA transformers (duplicating the installed capacity), the installation of 10 new feeders and 16 km of medium voltage network. Moreover, the whole internal equipment was replaced by equipment with higher technology and new board with two sections of 13.2 KV (medium voltage). Moreover, a new 132 KV network (high voltage) was installed, which will supply power to each substation and will provide a more reliable network and better quality service to our customers. This way, around 124,000 neighbors of Caballito, Parque Chacabuco, Almagro and Villa Crespo will enjoy the benefits.
In this respect, EDESUR General Manager Juan Carlos Blanco ensured that “the investment in this work was around 110 million pesos”, and also pointed out that “we are devoted to improve the quality of service of the neighbors with highest growth of population in the City, and with this new work, we will be more reliable in times of increasing demand of energy.”
Maurizio Bezzeccheri, the highest authority of ENEL Group in Argentina, pointed out that “the presence of the Government authorities show the importance of the energy for the development of the country.” Moreover, Bezzeccheri pointed out that “this important investment is another piece of evidence showing the compromise of ENEL Group with Argentina”, and also pointed out that “the main purpose is that customers start to see an improved service.”
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