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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Canary Islands Government proposes sanctions for Endesa-Unelco over Tropical Storm Delta Failures
Marisa Tejedor, councillor for Industry, Commerce and New Technology in the Canary Islands Government proposes that her department should sanction electricity company, Endesa-Unelco, with a fine of 450,000 Euros for grave infractions, after detecting the high level of deterioration of the supply to the south of Tenerife after the island was hit by Tropical Storm Delta in November 2005, leaving many without power for seven days.
Although not related to the loss of power, further tests have also shown that the part of the 66 kilowatt supply between Las Caletilla and Granadilla in Tenerife, shows "a high grade of erosion and its charge capacity is reduced to almost half."
Ms Tejedor also underlined that some improvement projects have been held up because of problems within the company and others, for administrative reasons and delays in gaining permissions from the Government and Town Halls. Proposed modifications of the "Canarian Electric Law" aim to reduce such bureaucratic processes.
Industria propondrá al Gobierno canario que sancione con 450.000 euros a Unelco por infracción grave
Labels: Tropical Storm Delta
