O solar energy industry reacted to the TCU’s decision (Federal Audit Court) to determine the opening an investigation about supposed signs of illegal credit trading of electrical energy in the GD segment (distributed generation).
A TCU analysis points to possible irregularities in the business model of “energy by subscription”, practiced even by large groups in the electricity sector, with a consequent increase in costs for the millions of captive consumers who do not benefit from this service.
No March 13th this year, federal body published an order, signed by minister Antonio Anastasia, determining that the ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) be heard about the subject.
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This view was refuted this week by ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association) e from ABGD (Brazilian Association of Distributed Generation), which defended the legality of the model.
The entities state that shared generation is essential for the democratization of access to clean sources, especially solar energy, for all Brazilian consumers.
“The shared generation model enables, for example, access to clean and sustainable energy for consumers who do not have available roofs and who do not have their own resources to invest in the property, in addition to guaranteeing access for homes and companies with rented properties”, highlighted, for example, the ABSOLAR.
As associations also pointed out that access of the population This model allows with what else consumers participate in the energy transition process in Brazil and pointed out that possible illegal practices, if any, are the result of a minority of market professionals.
According to the entities, the improper practices cannot be used as justification for trying to restrict the possibility of Brazilian consumer to access clean energy and which brings relief to your electricity bill, especially at the current time of efforts to combat global warming.
Document sent to CME
Who also spoke about the matter was the lawyer Marina Meyer Falcao, president of OAB Energy Commission (Brazilian Bar Association) of Minas Gerais and regulatory secretary of the RING (National Institute of Clean Energy), with the sending a document to the CME (Mines and Energy Committee) of the Chamber of Deputies.
O document counter-argues points of the TCU decision, based on regulatory analyzes of Law 14.300 / 2022, which regulated the distributed micro and minigeneration sector in the country.
The main point defended is that there is no obstacle in the legislation for the charge for participation in shared generation to correspond to an apportionment of the costs related to the distributed micro and mini generation plant.
“Such conduct would inevitably compromise the legal security of the distributed generation sector, discourage significant investments in this segment and conflict with several statements, not only from the board of directors ANEEL, but also of its Attorney's Office and technical areas, as well as with the concepts established by Law 14.300/2022”.
Check the document sent to CME, in full, by clicking here.
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