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07/11/2014
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The risk of missing electricity to meet demand in the Southeast, Midwest and Northeast this year fell from 2.5% to zero, said on Thursday (10) the Monitoring Committee of the Electricity Sector (CMSE).
The analysis takes into account the current situation of hydroelectric reservoirs, the forecast of rain for the next few months and the thermoelectric power in operation.
The improvement is due to the rainfall recorded in the basins of rivers that feed the reservoirs in the Southeast and Midwest, where dams are responsible for 70% of the capacity of power generation in the country. According to CMSE, it rained in June the equivalent of 102% of the historical average for the period in both regions.
Below normal
The rain, however, was not enough to significantly raise the level of these reservoirs, which continue with storage below normal for this time. In the Northeast, rains were 42% of the historical average.
The Southeast and Midwest suffered from lack of rain last summer, when normal is that hydroelectric reservoirs to recover with the heaviest rains of the season. What we saw, however, was a sharp drop in water storage, triggering fears of a new rationing still in 2014 - a risk that has always been denied by the government.
The situation is worse because today the country has a lot of power plants that generate energy by burning fuels such as oil and gas. The government keeps running all thermal available since the end of last year to save water thermoelectric. They are currently responsible for serving approximately 20% of the country's demand.
The more intensive use of thermal, however, generates an extra charge for the electricity sector, which is passed on to consumers, and is already endearing bills in some states.
2015
In a statement released to the press, the CMSE also points out that the risk of missing energy to meet demand in the Southeast, Midwest and Northeast in 2015 is 4% for the first two, and zero to the last. This is the same forecast released in June.
Source: G1
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