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Córdoba Utilities Set Weekend Power Outages and Downtown Closures for Electrical Upgrades

The works focus on energizing medium‑voltage infrastructure to bolster reliability and meet growing demand.

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Overview

  • Epec published a Saturday, August 23 schedule of planned outages across multiple Córdoba localities, detailing time windows, affected zones and maintenance tasks.
  • Two full traffic cuts in central Córdoba run from 7:00 on Saturday, August 23 until 23:59 on Sunday, August 24 on 25 de Mayo (Santiago del Estero–Maipú) and Salta (Rosario de Santa Fe–Av. Olmos).
  • Epec framed the weekend works as the final stage of laying new medium‑voltage distributors, describing them as strategic to improve service quality.
  • The utility also listed Friday, August 22 outage windows in areas including Córdoba capital, Marcos Juárez, Los Cocos, Río Cuarto and San Francisco for pruning, maintenance and equipment installation.
  • In Bahía Blanca, EDES and the municipality announced two Friday morning cuts from 8:00–10:00 and 9:30–13:30 in specified quadrants, with notices to users and potential rescheduling for weather, alongside separate municipal street works.