Cemig consumers will have an adjustment of up to 15,55% in their electricity bills starting May 28. The company's Periodic Tariff Review was approved this Tuesday (23) by ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency).
The adjustment for residential consumers (B1) will be 14,91%; Low Voltage customers will suffer a 15,55% adjustment; and High Voltage consumers will have an adjustment of 9,84%. As a result, the average adjustment will be 13,27%.
The proposal made by the Agency in March was for an average adjustment of 10,00%. Currently, the company serves 9,1 million consumer units located in 774 municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais.
According to ANEEL, the factors that had the greatest impact on the calculation of the review were the costs of transportation and energy purchase, withdrawal of financial components established in the last tariff process, among other items.
“The average effect of high voltage refers to classes A1 (>= 230 kV), A2 (from 88 to 138 kV), A3 (69 kV) and A4 (from 2,3 to 25 kV). For low voltage, the average encompasses classes B1 (Residential and low-income residential subclass); B2 (Rural: subclasses such as agriculture, rural electrification cooperative, rural industry, rural irrigation public service); B3 (Industrial, commercial, services and other activities, public power, public service and own consumption); and B4 (Public lighting)”, said the ANEEL in a statement.
According to Lucas Frangiosi, Head of Customer Success at Lead Energy, the increase in energy tariffs has a significant impact on the inflation process. “As electricity is an essential commodity used throughout the country’s production chain, as it becomes more expensive, products also become more expensive, and in most cases the consumer ends up paying this cost,” he pointed out.
“Furthermore, the increase in electricity bills increases social inequality. This is because the rise in electricity affects classes that have less income more. Although the low-income consumer program exists, the subsidy given by the government only mitigates part of the cost of energy, and any increase can be felt quite significantly”, he added.
A ANEEL also approved the limits for the distributor's DEC (Equivalent Duration of Interruption per Consumer Unit) and FEC (Equivalent Frequency of Interruption per Consumer Unit) indicators for the period 2024 to 2028.
