ICE Assures No Black Outs Despite Little Rain This Season
August 31st, 2009 | by admin |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.
