Overview
- Opening TV Globo's Mais Você on December 15, the presenter criticized a prolonged power outage that affected multiple neighborhoods of São Paulo.
- She said her son Pedro, daughter-in-law Manu and grandson Bento were left without electricity for several days, describing emotional strain on daily life.
- Ana Maria reported material losses, including spoiled freezer contents and discarded purchases for Christmas celebrations.
- She questioned utility accountability by contrasting delayed reconnection with the speed of monthly billing and service cutoffs for late payment.
- A report cited developing estimates of roughly six consecutive days without power for about 32,000 households and multimillion-real losses, which have not been independently verified.