Brazil’s Eletrobras probes collapse of transmission towers – sources

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.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Letícia Fucuchima; Writing by Ana Mano; Editing by Steven Grattan and Deepa Babington)