<p>SAO PAULO — In a story published Oct. 12, 2024, about a storm in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that knocked out power to a few million households, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Virginia-based AES was a shareholder in the utility behind the outage. It is not.</p>

SAO PAULO — In a story published Oct. 12, 2024, about a storm in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that knocked out power to a few million households, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Virginia-based AES was a shareholder in the utility behind the outage. It is not.

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