© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo for Eletrobras, a Brazilian electric utilities company, is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian energy company Eletrobras is investigating whether the collapse of two transmission towers were related to anti-government riots in Brazil on Sunday, according to two sources familiar with the probe.
The towers – one of which collapsed on Sunday and the other in the early hours of Monday – were operated by the company’s subsidiaries, Furnas and Eletronorte.
After the incident, Eletrobras, the mines and energy ministry and regulatory agency Aneel set up a crisis committee to monitor potential threats to Brazil’s power grid, said a third source.
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