O free energy market attracted 5.041 consumer units in the last 12 months ending in April (most recent data available on a consolidated basis), a 18% growth in the period.
Therefore, according to hug (Brazilian Association of Energy Traders), the segment totaled 33.197 units consumers, responsible for 39% of national electricity consumption in Brazil.
Another highlight highlighted by the Association is that, in May of 2023, energy cost, one of the components of the electricity tariff, was R$ 284/MWh in the regulated market quality R$89/MWh from the free market, a difference of 69%.
Renewable energy
According to Abraceel, the free market continues to drive renewable energy, absorbing 76% of the electricity generated by biomass plants, 56% by PCH, 48% by wind and 55% by centralized solar.
As a result, it absorbed 56% of consolidated energy generation from incentivized renewable sources (wind, solar, PCH and biomass), an increase of 10% in the last 12 months.
Too much data
The survey indicated that the free market recorded consumption of 26.518 average MW in April, absorbed by 33.197 consumer units, a volume 10% higher than in the same period of the previous year.
In total, the number of energy traders reaches 503. In the last 12 months, 44 new companies have emerged, almost 4 per month.
In Pará (57%) and Minas Gerais (53%), more than half of the electricity demanded monthly by consumers already comes from the free energy market.
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