Her holiday March 25th is expected to bring the system power of our country near its limits.
Our national holiday is next Tuesday and as is customary in such cases, many will choose to combine it with the weekend and Monday for a four -day countryside. In practice, this means that the demand for electricity will significantly recede in those days. According to ADMIE’s prediction, at noon on March 25th, demand is expected to fall close to 4,500 MW from 5,800 MW today (20.3.2025).
This is a major problem at the given time because at noon the amounts of electricity produced by photovoltaics have nowhere to be consumed and up to a point are uncontrollable. The operator administrator, ADMIE, gives orders to cut green production, but DEDDIE is unable to do the same on the distribution network, where they operate about 8 GW photovoltaics.
Thus, the decline in demand in those days by about 1000-1,500 MW exacerbates the problem for administrators and further increases the cut needs.
According to ADMIE executives, there should be no more current on the country’s network than consumed. If this happens, then the whole system is threatened with derailment and extensive interruption from which it is not easy to return. Based on international experience, when full blackout happens on a national network, then a very complex “dance” is needed to put it back into operation. That is, it is not enough to just press a button.
If cuts are not sufficient to lead to production and demand in a balance, then ADMIE will necessarily set out of the entire lines with producers and consumers, leading to local power outages. In short, he will cut the “hand” to save the rest of the “body”.
Indeed, March 25th is simply a rehearsal for Easter, when things in terms of demand will be even worse. It is noteworthy that last year’s Easter the situation has already been pressured and from then to today 2.6 GW of new photovoltaics have been added to our country.
In order to resolve the problem, HEDNO and RIS have ordered the distribution network producers to add to their projects the technical opportunity to accept cuts. Under the threat of strict fines, these producers are rushing to take the necessary actions and it remains to be seen whether they will succeed.
Finally, it should be noted that on March 26, a meeting of the Crisis Management Team of the Energy Authority will take place, where the image of the previous days will be evaluated and the plan will be devised.