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On The Street Address of Israel, In The South Zone, Technician Alex Rodrigues Nogueira Admitted To Charging To Restore Power During Outage And Was Arrested In The Act For Passive Corruption, According To The SSP. In Diadema, Residents Reported Similar Charges While More Than 1.5 Million Properties Remained Without Power.
On Wednesday (12/10/2025), gusts of wind knocked down trees and damaged the power grid in neighborhoods of the South Zone of São Paulo. On Thursday (12/11/2025), during the investigation of complaints about restoring power during the outage, the sub-mayor of Vila Mariana, Rafael Minatogawa, approached an employee and recorded the admission of charging.
The case escalated to an arrest in flagrant on Thursday (12/11/2025) and was registered at the 16th Police Station, in the Vila Clementino area. Enel reported that the man was working for a partner company and emphasized that emergency services for power restoration are not subject to individual charges to the customer.
Approach in Vila Mariana and Admission Recorded in Audio
According to the report of sub-mayor Rafael Minatogawa to g1, the City Hall received a complaint from a merchant and went to the location to verify the suspicion of payment to restore power during the outage.
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The approach took place on the street Address of Israel, in Vila Mariana, South Zone, and began with the mention that the sub-mayor was working in Sena Madureira.
In the audio mentioned in the report, the sub-mayor questions the employee, identified as Alex Rodrigues Nogueira, about the amount.
The employee claims to have “gone through so much” and says “it was 2.5 [thousand]”, referring to the payment to restore power during the outage. He then characterizes the act as “a side job” and mentions that his service invoice would be at another address.
Arrest in Flagrant and Classification for Passive Corruption
In a statement, the Secretary of Public Security reported that civil police of the 16th Police Station (Vila Clementino) arrested in flagrant on Thursday (12/11/2025) an employee of an electric power supply company for passive corruption. SSP locates the occurrence at Praça Manuel Vaz de Toledo, in the South Zone.
The sub-mayor stated that he issued an arrest warrant after identifying the alleged irregular charge and that he waited for the arrival of the Civil Police to formalize the conduction.
As of the last report, g1 was seeking the defense of the employee.
Screenshot of PIX Key and Enel’s Positioning
Information indicates that a screenshot obtained from a merchant shows the sending of a PIX key for deposit as a condition to restore power during the outage.
When contacted, Enel initially did not comment on the employee and later stated that he worked for a partner company.
The distributor affirmed that any demand for payment for repairs in the electrical grid, for power restoration, is outside of conduct rules.
They also advised customers to use Enel’s official channels for inquiries and registrations.
Complaint in Diadema and Registration at the 3rd Police Station
In addition to the episode in Vila Mariana, the Secretary of Public Security reported calling the Military Police in Diadema after residents claimed that service providers were charging fees to restore supply.
The case was forwarded to the 3rd Police Station in Diadema for the occurrence report.
SSP reported that a team went to the location, approached the involved employees, and brought the parties to the police unit.
Additional details would be provided after the completion of the report, according to the note mentioned.
Outage Without Deadline and More Than 1.5 Million Without Power
On Thursday (12/11/2025), Enel Distribuição São Paulo stated that there was no deadline to restore power to thousands of properties in the capital and Greater São Paulo.
In a statement sent at 3 PM, the company claimed that, in some areas, the restoration required complete reconstruction of the network, with the replacement of poles and transformers and, in some cases, the reconduction of kilometers of cables.
The company also stated that parking lots filled with vehicles seen in three points of the city contained cars from teams of different shifts, according to the explanation from regional director Marcelo Puertas to Bom Dia São Paulo.
According to the cited data, more than 1.5 million properties in 24 cities served by Enel remained without power on the morning of Thursday (12/11/2025), about 1 million only in the capital.
At 2:59 PM, there were 1,258,755 customers without power in the capital and metropolitan region, with 865,870 in the capital.
Enel attributed the outage to an extratropical cyclone and a windstorm considered historic, according to Inmet, lasting approximately 12 hours on Wednesday (12/10/2025) with gusts of up to 98 km/h.
The power outage affected traffic lights, water supply, and urban mobility.
Losses in Commerce and Appeal for Restoration
In Vila Mariana, the partner of the African cuisine restaurant Manden Baobá, Laila Santos, 30 years old, reported losses and said she had made eight calls to Enel since Wednesday (12/10/2025) without seeing teams in the neighborhood.
She claimed to have lost merchandise, customers, and a reservation for a gathering while waiting to restore power during the outage around the establishment.
The report describes closed businesses in the region, including restaurants, laundries, beauty salons, and pharmacies.
Some of those operating used generators amidst the lack of an official forecast for normalization.
What is confirmed in the information: the admission of charging R$ 2,500 to restore power during the outage, the arrest in flagrant for passive corruption reported by SSP, and the existence of a similar complaint in Diadema with forwarding to the 3rd Police Station.
What has not been reported: the employee’s defense version and the deadline for restoring power.
In situations of outages, paying to restore power is described by Enel as a practice outside of the rules and must be treated as a formal complaint.
Preserve screenshots, audios, and receipts, register an occurrence report, and use the official channels of Enel and SSP to follow-up on guidance and updates in Vila Mariana and Diadema.
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