Power Outages Persist Across São Paulo as New Rains Lift Tally to Nearly 650,000

Overview

• Enel’s live panel showed 648,900 customers without electricity by mid-afternoon Friday, including 475,097 in the capital, as totals ticked back up with the return of rain.
• The distributor says more than 1,600 field teams are deployed and that many damaged sectors need full reconstruction of poles, transformers and cables, with no target date for completion.
• Mayor Ricardo Nunes called for federal intervention and disputed Enel’s staffing claims, while Governor Tarcísio de Freitas criticized the restoration speed and opposed extending the company’s concession.
• Water service remains unstable because key pumping stations still lack power, and Sabesp says full recovery can take up to 48 hours after electricity is restored.
• Mobile networks saw instability and more than 400 flights were canceled since Wednesday, though airports largely stabilized on Friday, as suburbs like Juquitiba and Embu das Artes continue to face severe proportional outages.