For the Paraguayan electrical system, there are no longer any problems with daylight saving time being maintained throughout the year. However, from the entity they warn of the very late sunrise in winter and the security aspect that should be taken into account.
At the request of the Chamber of Deputies, where the project that proposes maintaining summer time (the current one) as the definitive one originated, ANDE had already issued a report on the matter, which presented a variation in relation to previous opinions.
“We had said that For ANDE, there is no longer any problem that summer time is maintained, because the greatest demand is already registered in summer and just since the last Sunday of March consumption has already begun to drop ”explained the president of ANDE, Félix Sosa, in an interview with radio 730 AM.
However, the engineer warned that, if the proposal were successful, in June it will only dawn at 7:40, which could represent a difficulty for those who mobilize before that time and who must leave their homes very early, mainly students who go to school alone.
ANDE’s favorable opinion varies compared to previous years, when this institution was one of those that needed and requested the time delay.
The use of air conditioning when commercial activity and sunset overlapped, it was the one that generated the excessive demand, pBut currently, said variation no longer affects the Paraguayan electrical system, which has been strengthened in recent years.
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For the remainder of the summer, sIt is believed that the maximum consumption peak could only be registered in March, since the temperatures of the last weeks, do not reach such high levels.
He project with half approval of Deputies must be dealt with by the Senate before March 15, otherwise, it will have an automatic sanction, and its implementation will be a decision of the Executive. However, it is believed that they could include it on the agenda for this Thursday.
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In case he reaches the Presidencythe opinion of ANDE will be one of the considerations of the Executive, although we will have to wait for the positions that they eventually assume the Ministry of the Interior or other institutions that the Executive considers consulting.