Fourteen years have passed and Ecuador is again suffering from blackouts. The deepest crisis that the country can remember happened, however, in 1993 when an unprecedented drought, like the one we are talking about today, affected energy production.

Experiences from the past, which left millions in losses, cause the criticisms against the Government to multiply in different channels.

These are the entities responsible for publishing the energy rationing schedule in Ecuador

Given the current dry season, the regime declared an electricity emergency on October 18 in an effort to speed up energy contracting processes and optimize the resources of power companies. Hopes of avoiding blackouts faded and on October 26 it was announced that rationing would begin on the 27th of the same month.

For weeks, the executive was asked to be honest about the situation, but the honesty only showed that there was not enough generation to cover the demand. According to experts, the problem is not only the drought, but also the lack of investment in production capacity.

There are those responsible in the formal part. This honesty should also be discussed in the laws and decisions that block the possibility of investing in this strategic area. The Government’s position is not entirely that of the Government, and it should be made transparent, even though it sounds like a justification at the moment. It was necessary to look for solutions in time and put the risks on stage, but also point out who should be pointed out.

The government, which is in the final stages of the cross-death effect exercise, revealed an 8.47% growth in electricity demand in 2023 and a reduction in hydroelectric power generation from 90% to 65%. The big challenge is to get out of the trap of darkness.

She announced a limit of four hours a day in Sierra and Oriente and three hours a day on the coast. It is serious that by the time this section was closed, there was no clarity about it, and the information about the schedule was left to local distributions, and dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction remain among citizens. (OR)