Asuncion, 8 APR (EFE).-the Paraguayans atrasaron today an hour their watches as annual measure that will be maintained until the first Sunday of October and which seeks to save energy and adjust the day the season of autumn and winter.

The measure is based on the Decree 3.958 dated February 17, 2010, that details referred change is done to fix the time variations that take place with the transition of the seasons, according to the official report.

Text indicates the time variation would save of about 60 megawatts in the hours tip of burden of the national interconnected electric system, strongly linked to the residential consumption, which increases at the end of sunlight.

Adds that on the first Sunday of October is it once again forward the official time in 60 minutes throughout the national territory. EFE