President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) spoke on Tuesday night (08), after the protest of professionals and entities from the photovoltaic sector, in Brasília (DF).
In response to members of pro-solar energy movements, the chief executive said, upon leaving the Palácio da Alvorada, that the country is experiencing a moment of energy crisis and that he considers it “a crime” to try to hinder the growth of photovoltaic energy in the country.
Bolsonaro also made a point of emphasizing that he “does not control Parliament” and that the decision to tax solar energy or not does not depend solely on him. This was not the first time that the Brazilian president has spoken out on the subject. In January of last year, he said that the “taxation” of the sector was “buried”.
Shortly afterwards, in August, stated that the Sun would not be taxed, during the inauguration of a photovoltaic power plant in the municipality of Caldas Novas (GO). The chief executive began to take a firmer stance on the matter after the ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) presented the proposed revision of REN 482 (Normative Resolution no. 482/2012), at the end of October 2019.
Manifestation
Hundreds of professionals and entities linked to the solar energy sector held a manifesto on Tuesday in front of the Esplanada dos Ministérios, in Brasília (DF), with the aim of demanding the vote on PL 5829 (Bill No. 5829/ 2019), which aims to create the Legal Framework for DG (distributed generation) in Brazil.
Learn more: Demonstration in favor of GD brings together hundreds of professionals from the solar sector in Brasília.
The text is currently being processed in the Chamber of Deputies and has already been put on the agenda several times, but has not even been analyzed by parliamentarians in the extraordinary sessions. The solar sector defends the proposal, claiming that the measure will bring more legal and regulatory security for the sustainable growth of the Brazilian electricity sector.
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