Ecuador power outages expand to medium-voltage users, 8,939 disconnected

Ecuador's electricity crisis has escalated as outages now affect medium-voltage industrial and commercial users, with 8,939 customers disconnected and daily demand of 9,160.71 MWh unmet. This marks a broadening of the energy shortfall beyond residential areas, indicating a deepening supply-demand gap. The situation underscores systemic grid fragility and potential economic disruption.