The emergency was declared on March 18, 2024 and expires this Friday, Could 31, whereas the MEM revealed Ministerial Settlement 132-2024 that Thursday within the Diario de Centro América, with which it extends it to subsequent June 30.
The choice is predicated on knowledge from the Quarterly Local weather Outlook report for Could, June and July 2024 from the Nationwide Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh), which states that in Could excessive temperatures will proceed to be recorded and that within the quarter in query excessive temperatures are anticipated. impartial situations, with a chance of the El Niño phenomenon of 10%, is referred to within the settlement.
As well as, the Administrator of the Wholesale Market (AMM), which is the working entity of the nationwide electrical system, requested the extension of Ministerial Settlement 75-2024, arguing that the situations that brought on the declaration of the emergency on the primary event are maintained, in addition to the quarterly technology schedule from June to August 2024 that deserves the extension.
And the Nationwide Electrical Vitality Fee (CNEE) additionally indicated to the MEM that it’s applicable to grant the extension till the really useful interval.
The local weather outlook displays situations that might have an effect on the manufacturing of hydroelectric power from the nation’s producing park, the MEM added in its new settlement. It additionally states that this new interval for the declaration of an emergency scenario might also be prolonged if the situations that give rise to the present declarations subsist, so long as the Administrator of the Wholesale Market requests it and bases it with the due technical-economic evaluation.
Pressing measures
Aside from the operational measures for which the AMM has been empowered to ensure provide within the earlier settlement, others are added on this extension of the emergency.
Amongst these, it permits the AMM and the CNEE, throughout the interval of validity of this declaration of emergency, to prioritize the procedures that enable the addition of transmission works to the nationwide electrical system which enhance the standard of service of the inhabitants within the areas that want instant consideration, so long as the corresponding steps of regulation, regulation and present rules are complied with.
As well as, the Weekly Schedule for the availability of electrical energy that’s carried out shall be binding for the AMM and the market contributors.
And that electrical energy producers are obliged to have a minimum of the volumes of gasoline inventories within the producing crops which might be in step with the forecasts within the quarterly programming, along with have affirmation within the weekly programming and adjust to the contingency situation that the AMM will report.
Additionally it is established that “within the occasion that there are volumes of gasoline bought that aren’t used as soon as the interval of validity of the SNI declaration in an emergency scenario has concluded, fee of the monetary prices shall be acknowledged in a fashion just like that established. for the Chilly Reserve” and the AMM should search the usage of stated inventories as quickly as potential, all the time below the issues of the financial workplace, the doc provides.
Concerning these new measures, the supervisor of AMM, Jorge Álvarez, indicated that they’re analyzing the content material of the settlement. That is the system operator and the one answerable for completely different actions to ensure the availability, together with the dispatch of the producing crops.
The Vice Minister of Vitality, Fernando Castro, defined for instance that among the many prices that shall be acknowledged is the storage of gasoline, following the emergency has ended (in the event that they weren’t referred to as to generate), aside from the truth that if it’s not used it degrades. and the usage of inventories is predicated on the effectivity of the machines.
When requested if these prices shall be taken under consideration to calculate the regulated electrical energy price, he stated that they do must be added.
He defined, for instance, that within the case of turbines that function with coal they have already got the logistics to buy that gasoline, its transportation and storage, however within the case of the mills that generate with biomass throughout the harvest and now because of the emergency they have to generate With coal, an additional price have to be estimated and this have to be lined by the demand, that’s, the person.
Requested if the regulated price might enhance, the vice minister responded “if thermal (gasoline) dominates it’s inevitable, however the most costly power is the one you do not have.”
Considerations regarding lack of rain
Though the emergency declaration for power was issued in March and is now being prolonged, there’s concern as a result of winter just isn’t totally starting, which is why it was determined to increase it, responded the Minister of Vitality and Mines, Víctor Hugo Ventura.
Castro defined that the extent of the Chixoy reservoir, the most important hydroelectric plant within the nation and the one one which has an annual regulation reservoir to order water for the dry season, was already at 777.56 meters above sea stage (masl) yesterday, whereas that the minimal stage at which it may possibly function is 772 meters above sea stage. He added that this minimal stage has by no means been operated as a result of it causes harm to the hydroelectric plant.
Castro agreed with Rudolf Jacobs, president of the Guatemalan Affiliation with Renewable Vitality (Ager), in expressing concern as a result of rain is already reported on the south coast, however not in the complete nation; nor in Alta Verapaz, the place there are a number of hydroelectric crops.
There are predictions that it might rain in that space on the finish of this week and that winter will start to set in, however generally the forecasts aren’t 100% correct. If it doesn’t occur subsequent week, there might be difficulties and the state of emergency permits the complete thermal park to have the duty to have gasoline to generate when referred to as upon, Castro added.
Excessive eat
- In the meantime, power consumption has had uncommon progress this 12 months, for the reason that historic common for a number of durations has doubled: from January to April, consumption has elevated 9.5% in comparison with the identical interval in 2023.
- Whereas the facility (most demand at a time of day) has damaged data on a number of events this 12 months and the newest was 2,122 megawatts, a rise of seven.7% in comparison with the utmost in 2023.
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