Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared Friday as days off during the next two months throughout the country, within a “special plan “power savings to cope with the severe drought caused by El Niño.
the special decree states” every Friday as a nonworking day from Friday this week “until June 6, Maduro said in a speech broadcast by the government television.
After making a “call to national consciousness” to the whole country supports the initiative, Maduro extended to nine hours daily power rationing for shopping centers and hotels, which should generate its own energy, a measure that started in February.
Although the Venezuelan government declared the entire nonworking Easter to reduce consumption of water and electricity, Maduro acknowledged that the country faces an “extreme situation” by falling levels of 18 dams in the country.
Guri, main reservoir located in Bolivar state (southeast) and supplies 70% of the electricity system, is just three centimeters above the “end point” of 240 meters above sea level, said Maduro, who attended as a guest the weekly television program number two Chavismo, Diosdado Cabello.
the president also it demanded that state industries increased consumption reduce energy use by 20%, as well as public administration.
Although the largest energy consumer is the residential sector, Maduro avoided declaring a “painful rationing for the country” as well as an adjustment of tariffs.
Anticipating criticism of the opposition majority in Parliament, who has questioned the government’s management of the electricity crisis, Maduro said that “not worth the hate or revenge or little diatribe” in this circumstance.
Venezuela, which lived a hard power crisis in 2010, suffers constant blackouts, especially in the provinces (Other OTC: UBGXF – news).
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