Juan Carlos Olmedo
Juan Carlos Olmedo is the President of the Coordinadora Eléctrica Nacional in Chile. He recently made headlines by holding the company Interchile, a subsidiary of the Colombian firm ISA, responsible for a massive blackout that affected 99% of the country's territory. Olmedo indicated that the company was managing the segment where the failure occurred and noted that they acknowledged a 'system control failure due to undesired operation.' He emphasized the importance of investigating the sophisticated electronic systems involved in the incident.
Not in the pool (under ¢1).
Recent news mentions
Juan Carlos Olmedo is the president of the National Electric Coordinator and attended the inauguration of the Quillagua solar park.
ContourGlobal inauguró en Chile el parque solar con almacenamiento en baterías más grande de Latinoamérica
Venezuela· 2025-04-12
Juan Carlos Olmedo, president of the National Electric Coordinator, assured that there was no reference to human actions in the incident.
¿Qué se sabe del peor apagón que Chile sufrió en su historia reciente?
Dominican Republic· 2025-02-27
Juan Carlos Olmedo is the president of the board of the Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional who commented on the blackout's cause.
La electricidad vuelve al 94% de los hogares de Chile y el Gobierno levanta el toque de queda
Spain· 2025-02-26Juan Carlos Olmedo, the board president of Chile’s National Electricity Coordinator, stated that power could be fully restored by morning.
Chile power outage plunges capital into darkness, hits major copper mines
Guyana· 2025-02-26
Juan Carlos Olmedo is the president of the board of the National Electric Coordinator who explained the cause of the blackout.
Apagón masivo en Chile: cuatro millones de hogares sin luz, militares en las calles y el Festival de Viña suspendidoSpain· 2025-02-26
Juan Carlos Olmedo, the head of the National Coordinator for Electricity in Chile (CEN), stated that full power restoration could occur by morning.
Блекаут в Чилі: уряд оголосив надзвичайний стан і комендантську годину
Ukraine· 2025-02-26
Juan Carlos Olmedo indicated that the disconnection was due to an undesired operation in the control system.
Apagón masivo en Chile, el presidente Gabriel Boric dice que buscará a los responsables | Internacional | Noticias
Ecuador· 2025-02-26
Juan Carlos Olmedo, President of the National Electric Coordinator of Chile, pointed to Interchile as responsible for the blackout.
Filial de ISA responde tras ser vinculada al apagón masivo en Chile
Colombia· 2025-02-26