Brazilian residents breathed a collective sigh of relief as power was fully restored across the nation on Tuesday afternoon, following a widespread outage caused by an as-yet-unidentified "incident." The electricity grid came back online at 2:30 p.m local time (1730 GMT), according to a statement from the mines and energy ministry. However, the ministry noted that certain "adjustments" are still being addressed in various cities.

The impact of the power outage was felt beyond households, affecting crucial services like subway systems in major cities such as Sao Paulo and Salvador. Approximately 16,000 megawatts of power were disrupted due to the incident, the details of which are currently under investigation by Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira. Silveira has ordered a comprehensive inquiry into the root causes of the incident and is scheduled to hold a press conference later in the day to shed more light on the situation.

Private power companies operating in Brazil were also hit by the outages. Equatorial Energia (EQTL3.SA) and Enel Brasil have announced the resumption of power supply to their customers, while CPFL Energia (CPFE3.SA) confirmed that power supply had already been fully restored for all its clients.

Source: reuters.com