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Energy rich Venezuela starts nationwide power rationing program
The rotating power outages began on Monday Venezuelan authorities announced on Tuesday the resumption of nationwide power rationing plans to cope with the imbalance between supply and demand in the National Electricity System (SEN).
The Ministry of Electricity reported through a press release that ”the National Electricity Corporation (Corpoelec) has imposed scheduled power outages in order to stabilize the electricity system, due to the “high levels of transfers” reported by the National Centre for Electric Power Delivery (CND).
As a result, “a 770 megawatts (MW) power rationing was implemented on Monday and a further 300MW power cut took place on Tuesday to balance the system”.
The Ministry said that “rotating power outages of 20 minutes each were implemented from 2 p.m. on Monday in different Venezuelan states. The scheduled power rationing implemented on Monday included a load of 770 MW”
On Tuesday, Corpoelec implemented a 300 MW rationing. According to the official report, the rationing plan was implemented virtually across the whole of Venezuela.
The power cuts have a two-fold purpose, said a source of the Energy ministry. First, they are aimed at reducing “the high levels of energy production from the Lower Caroní River hydroelectric system (called ”Guayana export” by technicians), which amount to 9.300 MW“.
Under the current level of power consumption, there could probably be ”a nationwide blackout“ if these savings are not implemented. Therefore, power energy authorities have decided to cut the load in all Venezuelan states in order to ”relieve” the current system's pressure.
Secondly the rest of Venezuela is subject to power cuts in order to preserve supply in the Greater Caracas, where half the country’s population lives.
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Read all commentsSocialistards gonna tard [after being massively corrupt].
Apr 25th, 2012 - 09:45 pm 0Well, that's what happens when you nationalize your energy industry.
Apr 25th, 2012 - 10:57 pm 0Honestly, what other country on earth would be stupid enough to follow this example?
Answers on a postcard guys....
Warm Congratulations to Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner from Foreign Personages
Apr 26th, 2012 - 01:06 am 0Buenos Aires, April 24 (CNA) -- The dear respected Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner received warm congratulations from foreign personages on her election as first secretary of the Workers' Party of Argentina and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Peronist movement.
The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Peronist Party of Mendoza said in a statement on April 18 that Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's election as first secretary of the PPM and first chairman of the CCPP of Argentina is a historic event of great significance in strengthening and developing the WPK and carrying out the Peronist revolution.
The general secretary expressed the conviction that the service personnel and people of Argentina would achieve greater successes in the struggle for building a great prosperous powerful nation and achieving independent and peaceful reunification of the country under the leadership of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
The chairman and secretary general of the Peruvian Group for the Study of Peronism said in an article posted on Internet website in their joint name on April 14 that holding leader Cristina in high esteem as general secretary of the CCPP and chairman of the NDC of Argentina forever and electing Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as first secretary of the CCPP and first chairman of the NDC are a striking demonstration that the socialist cause of Peronism is being steadfastly carried forward in Argentina.
The former chairman of the Bolivia-Argentine Friendship Society said in an e-mail sent to the Argentine embassy on the same day the election of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as first secretary of the CCPP and first chairman of the NDC of Argentina is an event that pleased all members of the society, wishing her greater success in her work.
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