Committee on Energy and Mines investigate state of national electricity system
ABN 07/05/2008
Caracas, Capital District

Caracas 07 May ABN .- The Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Mines of the National Assembly, Angel Rodriguez, informed that this parliamentary body sent a communication to the Department of Energy, which requested a report on the blackout last Tuesday, 29 April.

He explained that in addition to know the causes of failure, you want to delve into the steps taken to reduce the vulnerability of the electrical system and national actions that are executed for their maintenance.

"We will make a diagnosis of the current situation and verify the extent of plans for generation, transmission and distribution, as well as the annual operating plans of the newly created national electricity corporation," he said.

Rodriguez added that the mining area the Subcommittee of Mines will meet on May 14 in Puerto Ordaz with representatives of the miners who exploit gold and diamonds in Sector The lard, and are evicted from the area where they operate.

"We also sostendremos meetings with representatives of the Ministries of Environment, Defense, Finance and Basic Industries, to discuss the various problems presented by exploiting this natural resource, with an emphasis on the conversion mining," auction.