Government approves plan to recover hydroelectric power plant reservoirs

The government approved this Wednesday (10) the resolution of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) for a plan to recover the reservoirs of hydroelectric plants.

The elaboration of the plan complies with a determination of the law that allowed the privatization of Eletrobras and was coordinated by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, with the participation of the Ministry of Regional Development, the Energy Research Company (EPE) and the National Electric System Operator (ONS ).

The plan is structured in short to long term actions, and in four major fronts: physical aspects of the reservoirs, dynamics of reservoir operation, planning of the operation and expansion of the National Interconnected System (SIN) and mathematical modeling.

“In the end, the initiatives are expected to contribute, over ten years, to the gradual recovery of storage levels in the reservoirs of Brazilian hydroelectric plants,” the Ministry of Mines and Energy said in a note.

The actions will follow a multisectoral assessment that privileges both the national energy supply and the preservation of the multiple uses of water, added the ministry.

The plan will involve global monitoring targets and indicators, which are yet to be established and put up for public consultation.

Source: CNN Brasil

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