Without reducing energy consumption, Brazil runs the risk of blackouts – consultant

According to the former director of the National Electrical Energy Agency (Aneel), Edvaldo Santana, the options raised by the government so far to increase supply, such as activating thermal plants and energy imports, are not enough to meet consumption in the coming months

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -  If Brazil's government does not start now a program to ration energy consumption, the country runs a serious risk of having blackouts in the electrical system, like what happened in 2009, according to the executive director of NEAL, Negócios de Energia Associados, Edvaldo Santana. That year, a breakdown left about 90 million people in the country and 90% of Paraguay without power for a few hours.

A former director of the National Electrical Energy Agency (Aneel), Santana says that the options raised by the government so far to . . .

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