Commission approves report on provisional measure for the electricity sector with expansion of social tariff

The Joint Committee of the National Congress approved the report on Provisional Measure 1.300 of 2025, which addresses reform of the electricity sector. The measure offers free electricity consumption of up to 80 kWh per month for low-income families. 

Furthermore, it also provides a partial discount for families with incomes between half the minimum wage and one minimum wage per person and consumption of up to 120 kWh per month. The measure has other points.

The provisional measure provides for differentiated tariffs based on time of consumption, prepaid energy supply, and different tariff types based on location and complexity. It also establishes criteria for special discounts and exemptions for rural, indigenous, and quilombola communities.

The text also provides for the responsibilities of the person contracted by the CCEE (Electric Energy Trading Chamber) for activities related to energy pricing processes, whether a natural or legal person, without eliminating any subsidiary liability of the Chamber itself.

The proposal still needs to be approved by deputies and senators by September 17 to maintain its effects. The rapporteur, deputy Fernando Coelho Filho (União Brasil-PE), presented this Wednesday (3) a complement to the proposal he suggested at the meeting on Tuesday (2). 

He left issues related to the opening of the energy market and other amendments—which involve matters such as new rules for self-production, the inclusion of batteries and data centers, and measures to mitigate curtailment—for debate in Provisional Measure 1.304 of 2025, which deals with reducing tariff impacts. 

Congressmen fearful

Federal Representative Danilo Forte (União-CE) acknowledged the merits of Provisional Measure 1.300 in the part that exempts low-income families. However, he expressed concern about the potential increase in the value of sectors that contribute to global warming, such as gas-fired power plants. 

In this sense, it presented an amendment providing for compensation to wind and solar generation agents in cases of generation cuts (curtailment) that are not motivated by their responsibility or management. The topic will be revisited in Provisional Measure 1.304/2025. 

Senator Marcos Rogério (PL-RO) believes some points in the provisional measure deserve deeper discussion, such as the use of public assets by private energy producers. He suggested that this topic also be addressed in the committee on Provisional Measure 1.304, not just 1.300. "What appears to be being given to the consumer may, in fact, be being taken away from the consumer," he said.

In response, the bill's rapporteur, Representative Fernando Coelho Filho (União-PE), said he understood the concerns, but noted that the bill is the result of an agreement between the committee chairman and the presidents of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre, and the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta. The bill now goes to a vote in the Chamber of Deputies. 

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