ICE Assures No Black Outs Despite Little
Rain This Season
The Instituto Costarricense de Electridicad
(ICE) assures that there will be no black
outs due to the lack of rain this rainy
season. ICE president, Pedro Pablo Quirós,
that the state institution will not have any
problems with supplying the electrical needs
of the country.
Quirós said that the institution has the
financial resources to continue generating
electricity, resorting to bunker and diesel
fuel generators, as the heavy downpours this
year have been minimal.
ICE counts on the heavy rain for hydro
electric generation during the rainy season.
However, this year, August has been a
practically dry month in compared to past
years.
Francisco Garro, director of the Demanda
Eléctrica del ICE, assured that the rate
decrease that takes effect on Setpember 1,
will not affect electrical generation.
The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) -
national weather service - explains that the
lack of rain this season, especially in the
Central Valley, is due to the effects of the
El Niño.
September and October are traditionally
months with heavy downpours. However for
this year the IMN is predicting ligther than
normal precipitations.
Evelyn Quirós, an IMN meteorologist, Costa
Rica has had one of the most severe, intense
and prolonged heat waves. |
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