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The president of Corpoelec, Juan Crisóstomo Fernández, said that there are difficulties in acquiring spare parts and equipment, while electricity demand increases.
Corpoelec President Juan Crisóstomo Fernández said the state-run electric company is not able to meet the national energy demand, which in the last week stood at 16,424 megawatts.
The rationing of electricity supply remains in practically the entire country, with differentiated levels of intensity, because while in the Caracas Metropolitan Area power outages are not daily and do not last for hours, in the other regions of the country the outages can last up to six hours a day, on average.

📊 The power system cannot keep up: 16.424 megawatts of demand
The president of Corpoelec, Juan Crisóstomo Fernández, confirmed what millions of Venezuelans already see every day: the state-owned company does not have the capacity to meet the national energy demand, which in the last week stood at 16.424 megawatts. Translated into real life, rationing continues in practically the entire country, with very different intensities depending on the region.
While in the Metropolitan Area of Caracas outages are not daily and do not last for hours, in the interior the story is different. Zulia is the most critical case: up to 99% of households report daily interruptions, and in Maracaibo there are power-cut blocks of 8 to 12 continuous hours. The Andes add voltage fluctuations on top of the prolonged blackouts, and in the plains, shutdowns average between four and six hours.

The Executive once again turned its attention—along with the technicians—toward the Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Power Plant, that huge structure in Bolívar state that we all know as El Guri. The Sectorial Vice Presidency for Public Works and Services led a technical inspection to review operating maneuvers and the condition of the generating units, with a clear goal: to add megawatts to the National Electric System. Sector vice president Juan José Ramírez Luces put it plainly: more than 70% of the electricity the country consumes is produced there. The tour also included the Minister of Electric Energy, Rolando Alcalá, along with Corpoelec specialists and national and regional authorities.