Venezuela's plan to save energy during the drought: three-day weekends
Source: The Guardian
Venezuela's plan to save energy during the drought: three-day weekends
Fridays in April and May will be non-working holidays in the latest
attempt to curb energy use as a drought dries up reservoirs used
to generate electricity
Sibylla Brodzinsky
Thursday 7 April 2016 18.40 BST
Venezuela has declared two months of three-day weekends in the latest attempt to curb energy use as a months-long drought dries up reservoirs used to generate electricity.
President Nicolás Maduro announced that Fridays in April and May would be non-working holidays as part of an effort to stave off electricity rationing.
“This plan for 60 days, for two months, will allow the country to get through the most difficult period with the most risk,” Maduro said on announcing the measure on Wednesday.
He also said the government would ask large users such as shopping malls and hotels to generate their own electricity for nine hours a day.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/07/venezuelas-drought-energy-plan-long-weekends-nicolas-maduro
