The government of Brazil is considering ending daylight saving time later than planned. Currently DST is scheduled to end February 22 at 00:00 local time. This may be delayed by a month. A decision is planned by February 12. Brazil is getting less rain than expected -- their January was the driest in 85 years -- and hydroelectric plants produce most of Brazil's electricity. The hope is that daylight saving time will lower power consumption peaks, making power blackouts less likely. Sources: Jelmayer R. Brazil evaluates extending daylight saving time. Dow Jones Business News 2015-02-06. http://www.nasdaq.com/article/brazil-evaluates-extending-daylight-saving-tim... Governo estuda estender o horário de verão para economizar energia. Jornal Nacional 2015-02-05. http://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2015/02/governo-estuda-estender-o-horar... Watts J. Brazil’s worst drought in history prompts protests and blackouts. The Guardian 2015-01-23. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/23/brazil-worst-drought-history
Thanks to hard data and further analysis they have gave up on this last minute unplanned change. Source http://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,governo-desiste-de-prorrogar-o... On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 11:28:50PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
The government of Brazil is considering ending daylight saving time later than planned. Currently DST is scheduled to end February 22 at 00:00 local time. This may be delayed by a month. A decision is planned by February 12.
Brazil is getting less rain than expected -- their January was the driest in 85 years -- and hydroelectric plants produce most of Brazil's electricity. The hope is that daylight saving time will lower power consumption peaks, making power blackouts less likely.
Sources:
Jelmayer R. Brazil evaluates extending daylight saving time. Dow Jones Business News 2015-02-06. http://www.nasdaq.com/article/brazil-evaluates-extending-daylight-saving-tim...
Governo estuda estender o horário de verão para economizar energia. Jornal Nacional 2015-02-05. http://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2015/02/governo-estuda-estender-o-horar...
Watts J. Brazil’s worst drought in history prompts protests and blackouts. The Guardian 2015-01-23. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/23/brazil-worst-drought-history
Watts J. Brazil’s worst drought in history prompts protests and blackouts. The
Guardian 2015-01-23.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/23/brazil-worst-drought- history
Brazil will not extend DST Governo se pronuncia sobre impasse envolvendo horário de verão http://www.dm.com.br/cidades/2015/02/governo-se-pronuncia-sobre-impasse- envolvendo-horario-de-verao.html Last week, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Eduardo Braga, said the government was studying extend for another month the summer time due to the crisis in the electricity sector. Today, Feb 12, 2015 he reported that after a meeting with President Dilma Rousseff, it was decided that daylight saving time will not be extended. Alexander Krivenyshev- WorldTimeZone.com
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