Daylight saving time can reduce maximum electricity demand by up to 2.9% –
O summer time can return to Brazil. This follows a recommendation made by the Electricity Sector Supervision Committee (CMSE) to the federal government on Thursday 19th. The measure could help save R$400 million between October and February.
The body responsible for the CMSE study, the National Electric System Operator (ONS) believes that daylight saving time could reduce maximum electricity demand by up to 2.9%, as reported by g1.
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According to the report, savings caused by the return of daylight saving time will also help reduce costs for consumers, as fewer thermoelectric power plants are activated.
Speaking to g1, market research coordinator at consultancy Thymos Energia, Pedro Moro, estimated that the R$400 million savings cited by the ONS were equivalent to between 1% and 2% of the country’s energy costs from November to February.
Brazil has not had daylight saving time since 2019, when then-president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) stopped moving the clocks.
