Lucia Abbey

Bill 5829/19, currently under debate in the National Congress, which provides for the creation of a legal framework for Brazil's own energy generation, can bring more security to the country's sustainable growth, reduce the electricity bills of all Brazilians and, at the same time, generate new employment and income opportunities for the population. It must move towards establishing a fair price for solar energy and other sources for all consumers in the electricity sector, in order to guarantee legal certainty and predictability in the country. Brazil already has more than 5 GW of installed power on rooftops and small plots of land in around 80% of Brazilian municipalities. The solar energy market has surpassed the mark of R$24 billion in accumulated investments since 2012, with approximately 150 thousand jobs created. Bill 5829/19, authored by federal deputy Silas Câmara and currently reported by federal deputy Lafayette de Andrada, is currently the most effective solution to avoid the risk of a setback to solar energy and other renewable sources. used for distributed generation. Own generation of solar energy brings important social, economic, environmental and electrical benefits to the entire society, whose attributes were contemplated in the substitute for PL 5829/19. Such benefits far exceed the eventual costs of the modality to the country. Only with the reduction of costs in the use of fossil thermoelectric plants, the approval of the PL will bring more than R$ 150 billion in savings by 2050, according to a study by ABSOLAR (Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy), reducing the weight of red flags on electricity bills and contributing to the reduction of pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector. Additionally, more than R$23 billion in savings will also be provided on electrical losses in the transmission, distribution and generation of electricity in large-scale plants, far from consumption sites. While more than 60 countries implement public policies to make their electrical matrices 100% clean and renewable, Brazil has just activated all of its fossil thermoelectric plants, the most expensive and polluting in the country. The reason is the lack of water in the hydroelectric reservoirs, a situation that worsens every year. The use of solar energy is one of the best alternatives to reduce this overload and represents about 1,7% of the entire Brazilian electricity matrix. At this time, businesspeople, consumers, entities and professionals in the sector are united to defend Brazil's progress through the population's access to solar energy. Next Tuesday (8), we will all be in front of the Esplanada dos Ministérios in Brasília at 9 am, demanding the vote on PL 5829/19, which has not happened so far. The country needs to follow the trend of the rest of the world and the growth in the use of renewable and clean energy is irreversible. The movement that grows every day to prevent this setback from happening begs “Brazil, let solar energy grow”.

Lucia Abbey

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