The proposal for the project is by Deputy Roberto de Lucena and aims to improve the environment for the development of clean energy

Bill No. 254/21 stipulates that small power plants that use renewable resources can have a 50% or 70% discount on the price of electricity from the transmission and distribution network. The proposal is from Deputy Roberto de Lucena and if approved, the new percentage will apply to small hydroelectric plants, solar plants, wind farms, geothermal, oceanic and biomass sources.

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The text awaits appreciation in the Chamber of Deputies. Currently, the minimum discount on the TUST (Transmission Services Usage Tariff) and TUSD (Distribution Services Usage Tariff) tariffs – which are tariffs paid when purchasing electricity directly from commercialization or generation agents in the free market, is 50%. The text also proposes the establishment of regional targets for small distributed generation to participate in the supply in the self-sufficiency market and provide simplified licenses for small electricity generation projects.

Deputy Rodrigo Lucena (PODE-SP) said that the objective of the stimulus measures is to improve the environment for renewable energy generation and distributed generation, in which consumers produce their own electricity.

Renewable sources:

The sources that belong to this group are considered inexhaustible, as their quantities are constantly renewed when they are used. Examples of renewable sources are: water, solar, wind, biomass (organic matter), geothermal (interior of the Earth), ocean (from tides and waves) and hydrogen (chemistry of the hydrogen molecule).