Venezuela faces power cuts again because of poor supervision and changing conditions at power-producing dams. Reports say hospitals in Maracaibo were told to operate their own plants because local officials could not guarantee power.
Daily power cuts have returned to west-central Venezuela, shutting air conditioners during a heat wave and hitting factories, households and utilities as poorly maintained thermal plants fail to compensate for weak hydroelectric generation, residents, engineers and analysts said.
MARACAIBO/VALENCIA/CARACAS, June 7 (Reuters) - Daily
power cuts have returned to west-central Venezuela, shutting air
conditioners during a heat wave and hitting factories,
households and utilities as poorly maintained therma. | 06:00am