Brazilians experienced an average of almost 19 hours without power in 2011.
The brand is the second worst since 2000. In Pará, consumers were without power for an average of 4 days last year.
247 – Brazilians were without power for an average of 18 hours and 42 minutes in 2011, according to the National Electric Energy Agency. This figure, for the third consecutive year, exceeds the limit established by ANEEL (the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency). The situation is even worse in Pará, where consumers were without power for up to 4 days.
Read the report by Fábio Amato, from G1:
Last year, Brazilians were without power for an average of 18 hours and 42 minutes, according to the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel). This is the second worst figure since 2000 and surpasses the average recorded in 2010, when the country was "in the dark" for 18 hours and 38 minutes.
The 18 hours and 42 minutes exceed the limit established by Aneel for the DEC, an index that measures the duration of power outages in the country. The target for 2011 was 16 hours and 22 minutes. This was the third consecutive year that the target set by the agency was not met.
Quality goals
Every year, Aneel sets targets for energy distributors regarding DEC (duration) and FEC, which measures the frequency of blackouts. Throughout 2011, Brazil experienced an average of 11,16 power outages. This number was below the FEC limit required for that year: 13,61.
G1 conducted a survey of the two indices presented last year by the distributors. Of the 65 companies, 23 – just over a third – failed to meet at least one of the two targets. In 2010, there were 20.
The concessionaires themselves report their DEC and FEC numbers to Aneel. Then, the agency conducts random inspections to confirm their accuracy.
Of the 23 distributors that "failed" last year, 13 failed to meet the target for the duration of blackouts, 3 failed to meet the target for frequency, and 7 failed to meet both.
In Pará, each of Celpa's customers was without power for an average of 99,55 hours (just over four days) last year. This figure is 3,5 times higher than the DEC (Duration of Interruption per Consumer) set by the agency for the company: 28,48 hours.