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You consumers Brazilians who aspire install solar energy systems without losing profitability of its projects in the distributed micro and minigeneration have, from this Friday (30), one week to request the access opinion of its projects with distributors.
This is because the Law 14,300, published in January this year, established a transition period which guarantees until 2045 the maintenance of current rules to consumers who request the document by January 6, 2023.
After this date, the new connections now have a gradual and staggered charging on energy injected into the electrical grid. The change caused a rush among consumers in search of access opinions throughout this year.
The sector even tried to extend the deadline for another six months, to July 6, 2023, through the PL 2703/22, after reports from consumers that several energy concessionaires were making it difficult to install systems on purpose.
The bill was approved in the Chamber of Deputies in early December, but was not voted on in time in the Senate. Last week, parliamentarians went into recess and will only return to activities in February 2023 – the date on which the new compensation rules will come into force.
Request for access opinion
A Access request It is the first stage of a connection request, where there is a mandatory formal form available, normally, on the distributor's website.
In this document, the consumer must inform the access conditions, with the technical requirements that allow the connection of your installations to the network.
In the case of solar energy projects, consumers who want to stay within current rules from DG (distributed generation) need to forward this document (access request) to distributors until January 6th, as provided for in Law 14,300.
If the request is approved (even after the deadline), all very well! The project will fall within the rules that, for now, are the current ones.
O big problem Today, however, it is tight deadline. This is becauseAnyone who forwards the access request to the distributor runs the risk of losing benefits if a problem is identified in the document.
“In this context, there is still a lot of discussion about whether the process would be reopened or whether it would remain with the same protocol. This point should be subject to regulation by ANEEL”, explains Bernardo Marangon, director of Exata Energia.
“If the process has to be restarted, as there will no longer be enough time to make corrections in case the document is rejected, the consumer will end up losing the advantages of the current rule”, highlighted the professional.
