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Power Restored to Most of São Paulo as Brasília Warns Enel Over Concession

Federal regulators warn of concession loss following days of outages.

Overview

  • Enel says service is back for 99% of affected customers, yet outages on Monday fluctuated between roughly 20,000 and 55,000 properties across Greater São Paulo.
  • The Ministry of Mines and Energy said failure to meet contractual quality indices could cost Enel its São Paulo concession, with President Lula ordering rigorous oversight.
  • Aneel and the ministry coordinated 83 external repair teams from other distributors to support network reconstruction after the extratropical cyclone’s damaging winds.
  • A São Paulo court ordered urgent restoration—four hours for priority sites and 12 hours for other consumers—under a fine of R$200,000 per hour for noncompliance.
  • Procon-SP fined Enel about R$14.3 million over service failures, and the São Paulo state government requested federal intervention and criticized early renewal of the 2028 concession.