The electric energy load in Brazil had a drop of 7,200 megawatts (MW), equivalent to about 10% for a typical day, between 2:20 pm and the first minutes of the debut of the Brazilian team in the World Cup, on Thursday (25 ), according to data from the National Electric System Operator (ONS).
The Cup usually has a significant impact on the electricity load of the National Interconnected System (SIN) on days of national team matches or final phase matches, given the large national mobilization for television monitoring of the championship.
On these days, many activities in the industrial and commercial sectors are interrupted due to the displacement of people to attend the event.
The agency also informed that, at 3:02 pm on Thursday, there was an automatic disconnection of transmission lines in Amapá, interrupting 272 MW of loads in the metropolitan region of the capital Macapá.
According to Energisa, which operates the lines, the interruption was caused by an atmospheric discharge. “Energisa reports that an atmospheric discharge caused an interruption in the power transmission network between Laranjal and Macapá at 3:02 pm on Thursday (24). The transmitter recomposed its entire network in one minute and the entire system was restored at 3:20 pm by the National System Operator (ONS), allowing the supply in the region to be normalized”.
According to the ONS, during the interval between the first and second half of the game, the load in the country rose by 4%, or 2,600 MW – equivalent to the average loads of Maranhão and the Federal District combined.
This rapid load increase during the interval is influenced by the demobilization of people in front of the television, taking advantage of the moment for domestic activities, such as the use of household appliances such as microwaves and refrigerators, observes the ONS.
One hour after the close of Thursday’s match, the load rose 13%, or 9,600 MW, which corresponds to the sum of the average load of Goiás and Minas Gerais, which together make up 13% of the Brazilian population.
Source: CNN Brasil
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