ONS (Operador Nacional do Sistema Eletrico) operates Brazil's SIN, the interconnected system carrying nearly all of the country's load across four subsystems (Southeast/Center-West, South, Northeast, and North) and one of the world's largest hydro-dominated grids. GridVigil tracks national verified demand, summed across all four subsystems, from ONS's own open API.
As of Aug 24, 2026, real grid metrics for Brazil are shown below. GridVigil's Power Pressure Score is not yet calculated for this region.
Current data
Current Brazil electricity demand is 95.9 GW.
The most recent peak was 100.1 GW.
GridVigil Power Pressure Score is not yet calculated for Brazil: the U.S. scoring thresholds aren't a defensible fit without region-specific calibration, so raw metrics are shown here instead. Why.
Data last updated:
Historical comparison
Brazil demand is currently 95.9 GW, 11.4% above this time yesterday (86.1 GW).
Brazil demand is currently 2.2% above its 7-day average for this time of day (93.8 GW).
Brazil's peak today is 97.7 GW, below its highest peak of 100.1 GW over the past 13 days.
Sourced from: ons_cargaverificada.
Full interactive dashboard
Charts, historical trends, generation mix, the large-load pipeline, and region-specific alerts for Brazil all live on the full dashboard.