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US-backed acting President Delcy Rodríguez alleged that a plan was underway to disrupt Venezuela’s power grid by manipulating gas deliveries to thermoelectric plants. She also connected the purported threat to protests over oil agreements and urged workers at state electricity company Corpoelec and oil producer Pdvsa to remain vigilant. The claims place energy infrastructure and opposition to petroleum deals at the center of the government’s security narrative, although the excerpt offers no supporting evidence.
The allegation raises operational and political risk across two interconnected systems: gas supply and power generation. Evidence of actual disruption—or of sabotage claims being used to manage resistance to oil agreements—could weaken investor confidence in grid reliability, Pdvsa operations and the commercial durability of petroleum deals.
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Oil And Gas · Runrun.es
Sep 4, 2026
Watch for operational confirmation of reduced gas deliveries or thermoelectric outages, along with official details on the oil agreements, related protests and any security or labor measures taken by Pdvsa or Corpoelec.