The director of ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), Agnes Costa, indicated the possibility of "co-responsibility" for solar distributed generation systems regarding the effects of curtailment – mandatory generation cuts.
According to her, this shared responsibility could occur through physical power cuts or by reducing credits in the compensation system. Any measure, however, must consider the legal implications and will depend on an evaluation by the Federal Attorney's Office. ANEEL.
Agnes explained that, currently, physical disconnections at the solar distributed generation level are not operated by the ONS (National System Operator), but can be carried out by the distributors.
“It’s a discussion about the DSO [Distribution System Operator] sandbox. Technically it’s possible to do, but it’s not trivial. It’s something that needs to be developed,” Agnes stated in an interview with [source missing]. iNFRA AgencyThe director participated in the Brazilian Regulation Congress, held this week in Rio de Janeiro (RJ).
Another alternative is being evaluated by ANEEL This would involve reducing credits in the MMGD compensation system. On October 16, Agnes sent a memorandum on the subject to the Federal Attorney's Office at the Agency, which has not yet issued an opinion.
"Is it possible to allocate the commercial burden to them [distributed solar generation] as well? That's the question. And then it's not about price, it would basically mean reducing the credits that consumers are already entitled to," she said.
According to the director, the possibility of differentiated tariffs for the segment is also being analyzed, based on contributions presented in the ongoing public consultation. Agnes also highlighted that she is seeking a balanced solution and stated that there is no single party responsible for the current level of curtailment in the country.
Nevertheless, she defended the application of the "polluter-pays" principle at a time she described as "sensitive for investors." According to her, losses should be allocated "preferably, proportionally, to those who caused the problem."
Finally, the director indicated that the topic may be postponed until 2026, since... ANEEL It will still only have two collegiate meetings this year, scheduled for December 2nd and 9th.
Furthermore, it will be necessary to assess whether the matter can be incorporated into Public Consultation No. 45, of which Agnes is the rapporteur, possibly in a new phase, or whether it will be necessary to open a new regulatory process, since the topic is not part of the original scope of the Public Consultation, which is focused on generation cut procedures by the ONS (National System Operator).
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A ANEEL It's been biased for a long time now!
The mega-investors stopped building hydroelectric plants and started building solar plants. These plants are three times cheaper and faster, and they didn't foresee this current situation. Now they want to recoup their losses at the expense of poor consumers who have no way to defend themselves.
The government is always working in favor of corporations and the wealthy; these "regulatory agencies" are nothing more than patronage jobs, and worse, when they do work, it's in favor of corporations and not the population.
It's regrettable to have to read this, when consumers manage to find a way to have a minimum of comfort, the "rich businessmen" lobby and spend large amounts of money on the government to hold the consumer responsible for doing something they don't do: providing cheap energy so that people have a minimum of dignity.
It's Brazil being "Brazil".
It begins with a detailed breakdown of electricity bills for everyone². Explain how the National Interconnected System (SIN) hasn't worked in isolated systems for decades and how thermal power plants end up costing those who are captive. Use taxes collected for social programs, not pass them on to those who are captive. What happened to the ICMS tax on PIS/COFINS taxes?!
14.8% transmission loss in Brazil and in the hands of foreigners. Difficulty for the payer to know the real value even of Itaipu and how Angra 03 ended up without a prison…!!
If anyone is to blame for this absurdity of having to throw away renewable energy and needing polluting thermoelectric plants, it's EPE/ANEEL/ONS that failed to detect in a timely manner the need to build transmission lines to transport the solar and wind energy that is predominantly generated in the Northeast and that should be stored in the reservoirs of large hydroelectric plants that are almost always below the energy security level.
Congratulations on a very well-done analysis.
Completely agree.
Unfortunately, in this country that is no longer ours—I mean, we workers who built wealth and well-being for all of humanity—today we don't even have democracy anymore. What can we expect from this bunch of scoundrels who rule this rudderless country with no future ahead…
It will probably fall on the consumer who invested their own money to get rid of an extremely high bill. This shows the inefficiency and unpreparedness of the government regulatory bodies and the utility companies. They waited until chaos ensued to resolve the issue.
It took me a long time to understand and get into the solar system, and after all the public and industry support, I'm afraid I might end up losing money on my investment... who can I turn to?
Distributors could also store surplus energy from solar distributed generation and share the cost with the generators themselves, thus generating income and contributing to the balance of the system, if they so wish.