Early morning blackout hits several Brazilian states

Several Brazilian states reported instability in the electricity supply in the early hours of Tuesday, the 14th. On social media, users reported blackouts in at least eight states: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Ceará, Mato Grosso do Sul, Amazonas and Santa Catarina.

The effects were different, while in some locations the oscillation lasted only seconds, in others there was a complete interruption of service for up to 30 minutes.

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In Amazonas, the company responsible for the supply, Amazonas Energia, attributed the outage to a "disruption" in the National Interconnected System (SIN). The problem affected neighborhoods in the cities of Manaus, Parintins, and Itacoatiara. According to the utility company, the outage began at 12:09 AM and was resolved around 12:25 AM.

See some of the reports:

How can Amazonas Energia be the worst company ever in Amazonas?

— napaula kino (@annaquin_) October 14, 2025

15 minutes without power was enough for me to regain all my gratitude for electricity.

— sth★r (@esttanes) October 14, 2025

I would already be like this if the power took another 10 minutes to come back on #light #energy #blackout pic.twitter.com/msaHWHQQP8

— the twins 👀🔞 (@yuri_gulartt) October 14, 2025

Dude, how does the power go out in an entire country at the same time???

— Clara 140 rats in the fixed (@lesbyeule) October 14, 2025

The power went out here in Belo Horizonte. I'm trying to contact @cemig_energia and this is what happens. The WhatsApp bot is down. pic.twitter.com/3xAhpNoLiu

— Adilson Dantas (@adilsond) October 14, 2025

* With information from Estadão Conteúdo