Brazilians are paying increasingly higher electricity bills — and this situation is expected to continue putting pressure on consumers' pockets in 2026.
According to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), residential electricity tariffs have accumulated an increase of 16,42% between January and September 2025, becoming one of the main items impacting inflation in the country.
Now, a study by TR Soluções, a company specializing in tariff calculations, projects an additional average adjustment of 8% in electricity bills in 2026, considering the weighted average of the 51 electricity distributors in the country — without including taxes or tariff flags.
According to the consultancy, the biggest increases are expected to occur in the South and Southeast regions, with around 9,5%, while the Northeast is expected to register a more moderate increase of 4,4%.
Among the main pressure factors are the effects of Law No. 15.235/2025, which was sanctioned last Wednesday (8) and expanded the scope of the TSEE (Social Electricity Tariff), increasing the costs of the CDE (Energy Development Account) by guaranteeing free consumption of up to 80 kWh per month for families in vulnerable situations.
The benefit began to be granted automatically to families registered with CadÚnico with an income of up to half the minimum wage per person, beneficiaries of BPC (Continuous Benefit Payment), as well as indigenous and quilombola communities.
Another point of attention is the increase in the TUSD (Distribution System Usage Tariff), which should rise by around R$10/MWh due to the change in the treatment of energy from the Angra 1 and 2 plants — a cost that, from now on, will be shared among all consumers.
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Electricity bill rises 177% in 15 years and is 45% above inflation
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