Brazil’s Eletrobras probes collapse of transmission towers – sources

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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.