Brazil Activates Special Power Operation for World Cup Matches

Overview

• The Operador Nacional do Sistema Elétrico (ONS) put the special operation into effect for Brazil’s World Cup games after announcing it on Thursday, June 11.
• The operation bars non‑urgent interventions by generation, transmission and distribution companies from two hours before each match until two hours after the final whistle.
• ONS expects a predictable pattern of demand with a fall in load beginning two hours before kickoff, a rapid surge at halftime and another spike after full time.
• Major distributors including Enel and Energisa have reinforced preventive and corrective maintenance, mobilized standby crews, prepared generators and mobile substations, and deployed thermal inspections to reduce fault risk.
• ONS will monitor impacts in real time and publish consolidated post‑match analyses by the following morning, and the same protocol can be extended to later matches if Brazil advances after a rehearsal during the May 31 friendly.