The chairman of E-Redes' board of directors, José Ferrari Careto, says that if management of the low-voltage network had been separated from the other voltage levels, responding to the blackout would have been more difficult. This option had already been on the table given the conditions under which the last Socialist government ...
E-Redes warns that separating low-voltage management would have made responding to the blackout more difficult
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Context & Explainers
The anti‑blackout plan (Portuguese: plano antiapagões) is a government contingency strategy to reduce the risk of widespread power outages by coordinating grid operators, protecting critical services, managing reserves and, if needed, implementing targeted measures. For households and businesses it means the government and utilities aim to avoid uncontrolled outages, but you should still follow supplier notices and emergency guidance during peak demand or extreme weather periods.
