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14/02/2014
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The high temperatures in recent months may have affected the estimates released by the Ministry of Mines and Energy , last October , to achieve savings of R$ 400 million in the four months of daylight saving time , which ends tomorrow . The forecast is almost four times the savings in 2012 and 2013 , which was between R$ 130 and R$ 150 million .
- The hot days increased consumption in the cooling environments and in the water pumps , which may cause the value is not reached - said Reinaldo Castro Souza , professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Technical and Scientific Centre of PUC -Rio : - contrary to expectations , the reservoirs are at low levels , and dealers are having to resort to thermal plants . Thus , the result of summer time will not be as positive as it would be a milder summer, which was expected according to the government estimate .
According to a survey of teachers in January , the average maximum temperature in Rio reached 37 º C , 31 º C against the same month of 2013 . Until yesterday, the maximum February was 40 ° C versus 35 ° C recorded at this time last year .
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Source : Extra - Online
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