The Economic Development Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved, this Wednesday (09), a request to hold a public hearing to discuss the impacts of the “reverse flow” in the electricity sector, especially in the distributed generation segment. The date is yet to be defined.
The initiative was a suggestion from INEL (National Institute of Clean Energy) accepted by the president of the Commission, deputy Lafayette de Andrada (Republicans/MG), who highlighted the urgency and sensitivity of the topic for entrepreneurs in the sector.
According to the parliamentarian, the publication of Resolution No. 1.095 of the ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), which introduced the possibility of denying access to the grid by distributors under the justification of reverse flow, has generated great difficulties for the development of distributed generation in Brazil.
Lafayette highlights that, still in 2023, he submitted a request for information to ANEEL requesting studies, the calculation report and the technical justifications that supported the inclusion of the topic in the former Resolution No. 1.000.
However, according to him, the requested data was not presented satisfactorily by the agency. “The ANEEL presented a response letter, but, objectively, did not present the calculation report and the studies that formed the basis for the resolution”, he stated.
The deputy who also chairs FREPEL (Joint Parliamentary Front for Clean Energy) warned that the lack of definition regarding the concept and technical criteria related to reverse flow has resulted in thousands of denied access requests across the country.
“Thousands of entrepreneurs are suffering losses. They withdraw money from the bank, build their distributed generation plants and, when it comes time to make the connection, the distributor rejects the request,” he emphasized.
In order to find a technical and balanced solution, the request provides for a broad debate with representatives of the main sectors involved. Representatives from the MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy) were suggested as guests, ANEEL, ONS (National Electric System Operator) and ABRADEE (Brazilian Association of Electric Energy Distributors).
In addition, entities representing the distributed generation segment were suggested, such as INEL (National Institute of Clean Energy), MSL (Free Solar Motion), ABGD (Brazilian Association of Distributed Generation) and ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association).
“The idea is to hold a high-level, technical debate with the stakeholders involved in the issue, so that we can reach a consensus and put an end to this controversy that has been harming the sector,” concluded Lafayette de Andrada.
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