Bolivia is likely to implement daylight saving time

Electricity use in Bolivia has grown faster than expected, causing power cuts this month and for much of 2011. On Monday 22 August, Roberto Peredo, of the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy, announced that the government is preparing a plan to introduce daylight saving time in Bolivia.

Moving the clocks one hour forward for the summer months, from September 2011 to March 2012, would save 20–30 MW of electricity, Peredo said.

Peredo added that the plan does not mean the country is in a power crisis: its aim is to even out electricity use in the coming months.

Update, 26 October 2026: The plan was canceled on 31 August 2011, the day before it was due to start,^[1] and Bolivia still keeps UTC-4 all year, with no daylight saving time.^[2] See also: Bolivia cancels daylight saving time in 2011.