The public hearings organized by Aneel will aim to adapt charges and tariffs to the end customer and will take place later this year.
Brazil's energy regulatory agency, Aneel , will hold four public hearings for extraordinary reviews of the distribution tariffs of energy concessionaires.
The hearings are scheduled to take place on September 24th, for Roraima Energia, October 1st (Equatorial Energia Piauí), October 8 (Energisa Rondônia) and October 15 (Energisa Acre).
Formerly named Boa Vista Energia, Cepisa, Ceron and Eletroacre, respectively, the four were among the energy concessionaires sold by the state-owned electricity holding Eletrobras in 2018.
Roraima Energia's conventional energy tariff is 0,618 reais (US$0,113) / MWh, placed 34th in the national ranking, according to Aneel data. The new price will take effect from November 1st.
Also read
- Meet the Haliade-X wind turbine that will power the world's largest offshore wind farm
- To finance wind energy in Brazil BNDES raises R$ 100 million in investments
- Klabin paper and cellulose factory opens vacancies for mechanic, operator, helper and more to work in the industrial maintenance sector and other areas
Equatorial Energia Piauí's tariff is 0,569 reais / MWh (56th position), and the new price takes effect on November 30th.
Energisa Rondônia has the 49th highest electricity tariff in the country (0,577 reais / MWh). The revised price is scheduled to take effect on December 13th.
This is also the case with Energisa Acre's new tariff validation. The current one is 0,570 reais / MWh (55th in the national ranking).
Santa Maria, Amazonas and DME
On September 22, Aneel approved the annual tariff review of Empresa Luz e Força Santa Maria, in Colatina, Espírito Santo. For residential consumers, the readjustment was 14,36%. For low and captive consumers, the readjustments were 17,13% (low voltage) and 15,86% (high voltage / industries).
On September 18, Aneel held a public hearing to discuss the extraordinary tariff review of Amazonas Energia, in the state of Amazonas. The proposed readjustments are 2,8% and 4,1% for low and high voltage customers, respectively. The new prices, which have not yet been approved, would go into effect on November 1st.
Aneel is also holding a public consultation to discuss the periodic tariff review of DME Distribuição (Minas Gerais), whose deadline for submitting contributions is October 9th.
Highs and lows
Since January 2020, Aneel has approved tariff reductions at Energisa Borborema, in Paraíba; CPFL Santa Cruz (São Paulo, Paraná and Minas Gerais); Sulgipe (Sergipe); Uhenpal (Rio Grande do Sul); Sieges (Sergipe); and Cerpro (São Paulo).
On the other hand, the regulator authorized price increases for:
- – Light, Enel and Energisa Nova Friburgo, in Rio de Janeiro state;
- – Enel SP, CERRP and Cemirim (São Paulo);
- – Energisa Minas Gerais (Minas Gerais);
- – RGE Sul, Demei, Eletrocar, Hidropan and Mux (Rio Grande do Sul);
- – Energisa Sul Sudeste (Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Paraná);
- – EDP (Espírito Santo);
- – Equatorial Energia Pará (Pará);
- – Celesc and Cooperaliança (Santa Catarina);
- – Energisa Paraíba (Paraíba);
- – Forcel (Paraná);
- - Elektro (São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul).
A copel , in the state of Paraná, had its tariff for residential consumers reduced, while prices for captive consumers rose.
A Cocel , also in Paraná, had its tariff for residential and captive low voltage consumers increased, while the price for industries was reduced.
Cemig's low-voltage residential customers in Minas Gerais had tariffs reduced, while high-voltage customers saw local prices increase.
Most of the 14 cooperatives in the states of São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná (Ceral Dis, Ceriluz, Ceris, Cermissão, Cernhe, Certaja, Certel, Cooperluz, Coprel, Creluz, Creral, Cerfox, Certhil and Castro Dis) had increased tariffs.
For Iguaçu Energia, in Santa Catarina, tariffs for residential and low voltage customers increased, while prices for high voltage consumers decreased.
And tariffs for residential consumers at Santa Catarina's Eflul fell, while prices for captives rose.
Tariffs for residential and low voltage customers in Equatorial Maranhão were reduced, while prices for high voltage customers rose.
Currently, Castro-DIS, from Paraná, has the lowest conventional energy tariff in Brazil (0,370 reais / MWh), while Cerau Araruama, in Rio de Janeiro, has the most expensive, with 1,054 reais / MWh.
