Rationing is knocking on our door and the government needs to act quickly with effective measures. This is the message from the experts, including consultants from the Institute for Climate and Society. In an interview with Jornal das Dez, of GloboNews , Ricardo Lima, an iCS Energy consultant, said the following: “The situation is very serious. The risk of rationing exists, the government has denied this, but at the very least selected load cuts will happen. We are today in a much worse situation than during the 2001/2002 rationing. It is most urgent that serious measures are taken. What the government proposed yesterday (August 23) creates a possibility to partially address the issue of peak energy, shifting the consumption of large industries to times when there is some slack in the transmission system. However, the problem of energy consumption and the lack of water to generate energy continues.”
Clauber Leite, from Idec, explained the ineffective and costly measures taken so far. “Never before have so many thermoelectric power plants been placed into operation as they are now. This is reflected in the banners, so that the signs are clear that there is a water crisis and an energy supply crisis. We know that voluntary campaigns, without the establishment of goals, without placing limits, bonuses and penalties, do not generate the expected results. It is necessary to consider all the consumers, including residential consumers, so that there is a reduction in consumption.” For Amanda Ohara, also an energy consultant at iCS, the government has presented the situation to the population implying that it is less serious than it actually is. “It is important for people to know that we are facing one of the worst crises in the country’s history. The longer we take to deal with the situation with the importance it really has and face it with the seriousness it deserves, the worse it will be for the consumer and the greater the costs to be paid.”
The discussion by the experts also involved other journalists, who reported it in their different publications, as follows:
Idec and iCS want to include consumers in the effort to avoid rationing
Idec and iCS want to include consumers in the effort to avoid rationing
Rationing knocks at the door and needs to engage consumers, says Idec
Rationing knocks at the door and needs to engage consumers, says Idec
Idec and iCS want to include consumers in the effort to avoid rationing
Entities want to include consumers in actions to avoid rationing
Government rejects science again and embraces the electrical crisis
‘Rationing is inevitable,’ says the coordinator of the Institute for Climate and Society
There is a risk of “localized blackouts” starting in October, says the coordinator of the Institute for Climate and Society
