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Drought in Brazil sparks political dispute: water rationing or power rationing?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The hydrological crisis Brazil has been experiencing in recent months has raised concerns over energy supply, and technicians in charge of operating the electricity system say averting rationing or blackouts will involve a real "dispute over water."

The Electricity Sector Monitoring Committee (CMSE), led by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said after an extraordinary meeting on Thursday that the shortage of rainfall calls for easing restrictions on the operation of some hydroelectric . . .

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