The Minister of Energy and Mining, Andrea Arrobo, met on Wednesday, November 29, with industry representatives in Guayaquil to coordinate the self-management of electricity that would contribute to the sector’s response to the energy crisis.

The official met with representatives of the Chamber of Industry of Guayaquil, one of them was Dolores Prado, executive director of Holcim, who said: “Thank you very much Minister Andrea Arrobo for meeting with the Chamber of Industry of Guayaquil and listening empathetically to our concerns Effects on industrial and manufacturing sector of the country. The idea is to find joint solutions”, the entrepreneur announced on X (formerly Twitter).

Minister of Energy, Andrea Arrobo: We do not have an end date for the blackout

For her part, Minister Arrobo pointed out that the industrialists at the meeting showed their willingness to cooperate in the self-production of electricity and indicated that after the assessment of the crisis in the sector, it was decided to work in a planned, dynamic and flexible manner. .

At the beginning of the shutdown, on October 27, the business sector proposed five actions to the outgoing Government:

These are five actions suggested by the manufacturing sector to mitigate the impact of power outages

The unions indicated that these actions must be planned at the technical dialogue table, however, after the meeting with Minister Arrobo, there were no details on whether the approaches were the same.