The National Electric Energy Operator (ONS) estimated this Friday (13) that the hydroelectric reservoirs in the Southeast/Central-West, the main subsystem for storage of the plants, should reach 51.2% of capacity by the end of December, a increase of more than 4 percentage points compared to last week’s forecast.
The improvement stems from more favorable rainfall forecast for the month, and should exceed the historical average in the region. The forecast of inflowing natural energy for the Southeast/Central-West increased to 107% of the average, compared to 90% estimated a week ago.
Rainfall is also expected to be abundant in the South, reaching 212% of the historical average in December, compared to a projection of 124% in last week’s bulletin.
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For the other regions, the forecast is for rainfall at 61% of the average in the Northeast (compared to 51% in the previous week) and 92% in the North (compared to 82%).
As for the electricity load in the country, the agency projected an increase of 0.9% compared to December 2023, to 81,117 average megawatts, compared to a growth of 1.1% predicted in the previous week.
