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30 December 2013 Last updated at 06:33 ET 
The city has been experiencing power shortages as air conditioning use has soared as residents try to keep cool during a severe heatwave.
Some neighbourhoods have been without power for two weeks, with temperatures rising well over 35 degrees Celsius.
Argentina’s ageing power grid has been struggling to keep up with demand.
Public sector workers in the city were asked to stay at home all day Monday, while those in Buenos Aires province were told to leave work at noon.
Some neighbourhoods have been without power for 14 days 
Buenos Aires residents are furious about the power cuts On Sunday night, electricity demand reached a record high for a non-working day, as residents turned on fans and air conditioning units in an attempt to cool down homes.
City officials held emergency meetings with federal officials on Sunday in an effort to co-ordinate assistance to those left without power for days.
An estimated 11.000 people still had no electricity over the weekend. Hundreds of thousands had suffered power cuts over the preceding weeks.
In some Buenos Aires neighbourhoods residents took to the streets in protest, banging pots and pans to demand that city officials do more to restore power supply to their areas.
The heatwave is reported to be the worst to hit the city in 40 years.
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A slum dweller from one of the toughest neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires has made a film about the harsh realities of life in the city’s slums.
Diagnosis Hope is a semi-autobiographical story following a former teenage inmate as he attempts to break out of a life of stark poverty.
Having spent three years in prison himself, the director – Cesar Gonzalez – says he is in a unique position to challenge negative stereotypes about people like him.
Video produced by BBC Mundo’s Ignacio de los Reyes
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