The National Electric System Operator (ONS) revised downwards its estimate for the electric energy load in September, at the same time that it started to expect lower levels of hydroelectric reservoirs in the Southeast/Midwest.
According to a bulletin released this Friday (9), the agency expects the energy load to drop 2.9% in September year on year. A week ago, the projection was for a retreat of 1.9% in the month.
As for the reservoirs, the ONS estimates that the lakes of the hydroelectric plants in the Southeast/Midwest will reach 49.2% of capacity by the end of this month, compared to 49.7% predicted the previous week.
The subsystem should see lower rainfall in the period, equivalent to 67% of the historical average for the month, compared to 73% forecast the previous week.
For the other subsystems, the ONS reduced rainfall estimates in the South (116%, against 130%) and in the Northeast (65% of the historical average, against 69%) and made a slight upward adjustment in the figures for the North (79%, compared to 77%).
Source: CNN Brasil
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