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Distributed minigeneration projects will have tax benefits according to the new energy policy, with regulations regulating public consultation.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) published, this Wednesday (17/1), the ordinance that opens the Public Consultation on the procedures for generating companies to request inclusion in power projects distributed minigeneration in the Special Incentive Regime for Infrastructure Development (Reidi).
A epbr agency brought forward in December that the government planned to put out for consultation a draft of regulations to regulate the article of Law 14.300 / 2022 which establishes the projects of distributed minigeneration as a priority to receive tax benefits. The initiative aims to boost the generation of clean and sustainable energy across the country, contributing to the diversification of the energy matrix and the reduction of carbon emissions.
Public consultation to regulate distributed minigeneration
The regime grants exemption from PIS and Cofins on the acquisition of new machines and equipment, provision of services and construction materials, but the delay in regulating the text created barriers for projects to qualify and generators began to turn to the courts to obtain the incentive.
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In October 2023, the MME approved, sub judice, the first framework of a project distributed generation. Oasis Solar Central obtained approval after a lawsuit filed in court against the MME, the Union and the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel).
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Procedures for distributed minigeneration generating companies
The public consultation will be open for 30 days, starting today (17), and will receive contributions on the draft ordinance defining the steps to be followed by generators to request the inclusion of their projects in Reidi.
The request for classification must be made to the electricity distributor to which the consumer unit is connected. See the draft here
It also indicates, among other points, the reference limit for investments in distributed minigeneration plants to receive the benefit, which varies according to the source.
For solar photovoltaic (including floating) and thermal (all types, including qualified cogeneration), the limit is 4.000 R$/kW of installed power. Hydro (CGH) has a limit of 5.000 R$/kW and wind 4.500 R$/kW.
Source: EPBR
