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Proposals for revising RN 482
If there is one characteristic of Brazil that businesspeople from any part of the world take into account whenever they think about investing here, it is uncertainty. Federal legislation changes along with the direction of the winds. Each Federation Unit has its own laws. In municipalities, previous legislation takes on particular contours. In other words: the only certainty is uncertainty. There is no PPE that protects the entrepreneur.
One idea then would be the creation of Collective Protection Equipment and, depending on the sectors, some even manage to develop this feat. Analogies aside, when a sector organizes itself, prospers and manages to envisage palpable growth, without bubbles, involving comprehensive economic and social development and not just the individual growth of the bank account, it invariably comes up against a little-discussed rule change, from top to bottom. low, under a shabby mantle that such a change will be better for the country.
Uncertainty, change or invention of rules during the game, in short, “turning the tables” is not good and is not even good in football.
One of these rule changes that are commonplace here threatens to dim the shine of one of the fastest growing sectors, with the highest added value and which is proven to be harm-proof. The energy generation sector from the Sun, or the Solar Energy sector, as it is popularly known.
The resistance that new alternatives end up generating has been overcome with work developed by the sector divided into several layers, which range from showing the potential that Solar Energy generation finds in Brazil, through explaining how the entire system works and clarifying of doubts from a possible interested party, due to the effort aimed at reducing the price of equipment (In fact, this bottleneck is also provided by our legislation due to absurd import taxes, but this is another subject), for the training of professionals and companies capable of disseminating this technology and other factors competently worked on by those who believe that clean and sustainable energy can very well be used on a large scale in the country.
And the sector is growing… Since 2012, more than 127 thousand solar energy systems totaling more than R$ 6.4 billion in investments in total, distributed across all regions of the country, with 2.8 million beneficiaries. There are more than 1.6 million kilowatts of installed power. These numbers were obtained thanks to more than 12 thousand installation companies, generating more than 60 thousand jobs in the sector.
But solar photovoltaic distributed generation only has about 171 thousand consumer units, which represent less than 0.2% of the universe of consumers served by established electricity concessionaires. Therefore, The photovoltaic solar source is in the process of development in the country. And it must develop. It is a source of clean, free, sustainable energy, with proven benefits and an obvious trend in the most developed countries in the world.
And in this phase of growth it deserves encouragement, not a change in the rules. Explains: Normative Resolution 482/2012, which created the Electrical Energy Compensation system and allowed every captive energy consumer to generate their own energy and receive equivalent credits on their electricity bill, in the form of discounts, is undergoing its third review process. In this process, which began in May 2018 and is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2020, the main discussion on the agenda is the change in the way energy credits are valued.
Therefore, the photovoltaic solar source is in the process of development in the country. […] And in this phase of growth it deserves encouragement and not a change in the rules.
Currently, 100% of the energy that the solar energy system puts into the grid can be offset on the bill. However, according to the distributors, this model does not represent an adequate remuneration for the distribution network and ANEEL – National Electric Energy Agency – is analyzing hypotheses to reduce the percentage of compensation for energy injected into the network (the suggested rates for possible compensations, initially, they are 100%, 72%, 66%, 59%, 51% and 37%). All alternatives presented by ANEEL represent losses for the consumer who invested or wants to invest in generating their own electrical energy.
ANEEL's stance regarding Resolution 482 changed radically without prior consultation or discussion. ANEEL's behavior causes immense discomfort and concern to the sector, which sees the risk of having distributed generation become unfeasible. There is no new fact or technical analysis capable of justifying the change.
ANEEL's stance regarding Resolution 482 changed radically without prior consultation or discussion. […] There is no new fact or technical analysis capable of justifying the change.
The change in the credit compensation methodology will slow down the expansion of the sector, the generation of jobs and the return on investment for the end consumer will be more distant, possibly even making the project unfeasible in certain situations.
It is urgent that the entire sector comes together and, with the collaboration of society, can prevent change and ensure that the rules remain as they are. If the current rules for distributed generation are changed, 672 thousand jobs may no longer be generated by 2035, R$ 25 billion in taxes will no longer be collected by 2027, the sector will lose R$ 13.3 billion by 2035, the year in which 75, 38 million tons of CO2 They will have been released into nature to generate electrical energy with traditional sources.
Distributed generation currently represents less than 0.6% of Brazil's electrical matrix. Therefore, any change now is extremely premature. No more changing the rules while the game is in progress. Why touch a sector that is growing and sets an example of integration for the development of society as a whole? How can someone give up Solar Energy in a country with so much Sun?
We need to keep the rules as they are. Otherwise, Brazil will once again be remembered as an unstable country, unfriendly to investments that can result in real benefits for society. It cannot be accepted that the government itself tries to dim the shine of a Sun that is equal for everyone.
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