The Mining and Energy Committee (CME) of the Chamber of Deputies decided to postpone the vote on Bill 671/2024, which aims to prevent the participation of electricity distributors in the distributed generation market. The decision was motivated by two requests for withdrawal from the agenda, made by deputies Newton Cardoso Júnior (MDB-MG) and Silvia Waiâpi (PL-AL).
Distributed generation (DG) was regulated by Law 14.300/2022. This activity allows consumers to produce their own energy in their homes, businesses or rural areas. Currently, more than 4 million consumer units participate in this modality in Brazil.
Congresswoman Waiâpi argued that the project could “cause a collapse in the flow of energy,” emphasizing that it is essential for distributors to maintain control of the grid. Congressman Cardoso argued that the postponement is necessary to find “a more appropriate path that can unite the entire sector” and avoid additional costs for consumers.
The PL, authored by deputy Marcelo Freitas (União/MG), is reported by Lafayette de Andrada (Republicanos-MG), who shared his colleagues' concerns, but clarified that the issues raised do not directly affect the project under discussion.
“The bill simply prohibits distributors from competing in the DG market, as it is unreasonable for the same economic group that operates this activity to also act as an arbitrator for its competitors,” said Lafayette. “Today, we are seeing the formation of an illegal monopoly,” he added.
Congressman Gabriel Nunes (PSD/BA) also supported the postponement to broaden the debate, highlighting that, in his view, there is no problem with distributors generating energy. “The ideal is for distributors and mini-generators to be able to compete on equal terms,” he said.
In turn, Congressman Otto Alencar Filho (PSD-BA) warned that the participation of distributors in energy generation could result in favoring the best projects. “If we want fair competition, distributors should not be involved in energy generation, since their concession is exclusively for distribution,” he emphasized.
Among the main points of opposition to PL 671/24 is the concern that states with less commercial attractiveness for distributed generation, such as Pará and Amazonas, may be harmed, since local distributors play a fundamental role in enabling energy production by consumers themselves.
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