Neoenergia distributors are improving distribution to improve and automate service at this time, when consumption increases

Through its distributors, Neoenergia is getting ready to continue offering a quality service during the summer, with the Summer Plan. With a special focus on large tourist centers, especially in the northeast, which usually have an increase in energy consumption of around 66% at this time of the year, thanks to an influx of tourists and high temperatures, Neoenergia has been checking and updating the power lines energy distribution.

 The objective of this review is for energy to reach these places with peace of mind and quality, without major losses along the way so that tourist cities do not have blackouts or related problems. In all, more than 38.000 km of networks have already been inspected, equivalent to more than five times the distance between São Paulo and New York.

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The revision and updating take place at the distributors Coelba in Bahia, Neoenergia in Pernambuco, Neoenergia Cosern in Rio Grande do Norte, Neoenergia Elektro São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul, Neoenergia Brasília, Distrito Federal.

76 municipalities will be covered, with emphasis on tourist attractions such as Porto Seguro and Morro de São Paulo in Bahia and Fernando de Noronha and Porto de Galinhas in Pernambuco. 

"We work to provide quality energy to all our customers and, for that, we strategically prepare the Summer Plan, guaranteeing the supply of quality energy also in coastal regions, which have more movement of tourists in this period. We reinforced our actions with inspections, installation of more modern equipment, differentiated logistics for field teams and an increase in specialists in the distributors’ operations centers and call centers”, Explain Jader Carneiro, Superintendent of Networks and Substations at Neoenergia.

“The network maintenance activities assess the conditions of the structures and vegetation close to the network, ensuring that we do not have undue shutdowns in the system”. He continues.

How is this inspection done? What is being exchanged by Neoergia distributors?

To carry out this inspection, thermovision camera technology is used, which checks the temperature of the cables, connections and transformers of the electrical network, in addition to other ways of verifying the integrity of the network.

In addition to maintenance, updates and modifications are also being carried out in all possible aspects of the network, including the subtransmission systems, where over 12 kilometers of lines and around 800 substation equipment have already been verified.

In addition to all this maintenance, reclosers and switching mechanisms are also being installed. self-healing. This makes the possibility of a long-term blackout almost nil.

The technology used in the circuit breakers isolates the area affected by the power outage. Most consumers who face power outages due to this problem have their power back in about 60 seconds.

To make everything even more interesting, there are integrated operations that can identify the location of the failure and speed up maintenance work. So this makes the cause indispensable.

Another priority of this summer plan involves, in particular, energy for the water supply and the washing of the insulators, to reduce the salinity that threatens the safety of these structures.

In addition, there are Emergency schemes with electricians on duty, for critical moments, such as the end of year festivities. All five distributors have different schemes with employees for these times of high demand.

Carnival uncertainty and restrictions could be problems for summer tourism in Brazil

With the ghost of the Ômicron variant haunting the recovery of the economy and uncertainty about the Carnival, the tourism market may still face difficulties and problems in 2022.

Some states have not confirmed carnival parties or events of great concentration, and there is still a requirement for a vaccination passport to enter the country, which could lead to a possible drop in business.

Even if tourism results and energy consumption do not increase that much, the work done by Neoenergia will still be reflected in more savings and quality for thes users in the affected regions.