O MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy), in partnership with CCEE (Electricity Trading Chamber), brought together several agents and institutions from the electricity sector in a large forum, in São Paulo (SP), last Friday (12).
With the theme "Tariff Justice and Consumer Freedom”, the meeting sought to hear from associations on complex topics, such as restructuring the regulatory framework of the energy market without transferring more costs to Brazilian consumers.
In all pronouncements, the speakers defended the urgency of sealing a pact between agents to correct distortions that make energy tariffs more expensive.
Silveira stated that the solutions have been debated democratically for over a year, with the objective of presenting a bill or provisional measure that promotes the sustainability of the electricity sector.
"What I come to ask is that, instead of lobbies be individual or collective, in favor of seeking solutions that not only transfer to the CDE (Energy Development Account) the cost of subsidies from incentivized sources and public policies”, added the Minister of Mines and Energy.
For Federal Deputy Arnaldo Jardim, the sector cannot continue solving problems in isolation, but must seek balance between captive and free market.
Mário Menel, president of FASE (Forum of Electrical Sector Associations), said that the sector needs to stop “walking towards the precipice“, interrupting the cycle of adding more charges to the energy bill.
The executive highlighted as an example the EER (Reserve Energy Charge), which in 2030 will reach R$47 billion per year, higher than the CDE.
According to Paulo Pedrosa, president of ABRACE, the electrical sector is home to interests contrary to consumers and society, promoting arbitrations that increase distortions and stimulate a race for new high-return, low-risk opportunities, resulting in increased tariffs for consumers and a worsening of the general business environment.
For Luiz Eduardo Barata, president of the National Energy Consumers Front, the problem is that the discourse points in one direction, but in practice the sector is going in the opposite direction. He cites as an example the PL for offshore wind farms, which can add more BRL 25 billion per year on the consumer's account.
In 2023, subsidies represented 13,21% of the energy tariff, totaling R$40 billion. “There is a need to allocate the costs of subsidies fairly and correctly,” stated Marise Pereira, president of ABRAGEL.
Elbia Gannoum, president of ABEEólica, said that it is no longer possible to create incentive mechanisms in consumer tariffs. “We need to go back to the fundamentals and create a public policy design that meets society’s desires. "
For Rodrigo Sauaia, president of ABSOLAR, It is very important that there is a pact in favor of the electricity sector, as long as the agreements are fulfilled. He cites two specific cases in which agreements were not respected.
Law 14.120/2021, which stipulates the termination of TUST and TUSD discounts for renewable plants, provided for a counterpart to be implemented by 2022, which was the valuation and incorporation of the environmental attributes of the sources.
The executive stated that this issue never evolved, and this was a condition for renewable sources to agree to the gradual withdrawal of incentives.
Another case is the Law 14.300 / 22, which created the framework for distributed generation. According to the representative of ABSOLAR, there are non-compliances with distributors' deadlines, cancellation of access opinions and a lack of technical reports that prove the inversion of flow.
Furthermore, the Law provided for compensation in relation to GD's access to REIDI and infrastructure debentures. “We are approaching two years since the sector should have access to this tax reduction, which would make a big difference in making projects viable, and the government has not implemented it.”
“It is difficult to trust that the next agreements will be fulfilled if the previous ones were not. What we observe today is that the agreements are not being respected, neither for centralized generation nor for GD”, concluded Sauaia.
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