Due to the large expenses of energy distributors during the water crisis, the Federal Government approved a new decree that will increase the electricity bill to reverse the impacts
This Friday (14), the Federal Government published in the DOU (Official Gazette) the Decree 10.939/2022, which regulates mechanisms so that energy distributors can face the impacts generated by the water crisis in the national energy sector. The document creates, by the Chamber of Commercialization of Electric Energy (CCEE), the “Hydric Scarcity Account”, with the aim of raising funds to cover the additional costs generated by water scarcity for concessionaires and permit holders of public electricity distribution services. .
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Understand the new decree of the Federal Government
According to studies by journalist Ana Flor, from G1, the new measure by the Federal Government obliges final consumers to pay billionaire loans to compensate and help the financial impacts, which were caused by the water crisis, on energy distributors.
The total to be allocated to each of the companies will still be defined by the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel), however, according to studies by the journalist, the total value could reach R$ 6 billion. According to the director of the company Exata Energia, Bernardo Marangon, the new decree of the Federal Government due to the water crisis presents similarities with the Conta-Covid, which, in early 2021 and also this year, allocated resources to concessionaires.
The professional also pointed out that the large use of thermoelectric plants in the last year generated high expenses for the country, making the costs generated by this source have to be amortized through a debt. A very high cost was generated with the use of thermal plants which, if paid in one go, would result in a very large impact on the electricity bill.
Federal Government creates Provisional Measure
The decree approved this Friday (13), due to the water crisis, makes up Provisional Measure No. 1.078, published in December 2021, which provided that funds raised through charges on the electricity bill would be used to defray the costs incurred by the energy sector had in 2021, mainly due to the activation of thermal generation plants in the country, caused by the water crisis.
According to the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, the MP made it possible to structure financial operations guaranteed by the Energy Development Account (CDE), in order to cushion the effects of the increase in energy generation costs on distributors and electricity consumers.
Brazilians try to migrate to Free Contracting
In order to prevent consumers from leaving for the Free Contracting Environment, if they chose to bear the additional costs borne by the distributors, the Federal Government's MP also provided for the establishment of a tariff charge for when there was migration.
According to the Secretariat, the charge on the electricity bill due to the water crisis will be borne by all consumers served by the affected distributors, except for the portion of deferrals, which will fall on the consumers of each distributor that obtains financing for this component.
The Union alleges that the new Federal Government decree will guarantee the health of the entire electrical system, so that the injection of resources in the distributors is allowed. Simultaneously, the possibility is sought that the transfer to consumers of the additional costs observed in the generation of electric energy is done “in a diluted and smooth way over time”.
