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Scheduled to be voted on last Thursday (11), the replacement for PL 5829/19 should be considered next week by the Chamber of Deputies. This is what parliamentarian Lafayette de Andrada (Republicanos/MG), rapporteur of the proposal, said.
“This week, the Chamber will focus on the Gas Law and vetoes that Congress will meet. So, I believe that these matters will take up this week's debates. Given this, the distributed generation bill should probably be on next week’s agenda,” Lafayette said to the Solar Channel.
The replacement text entered the voting agenda in the Plenary on March 8, however, due to other matters in the sessions, such as the Emergency PEC, it was not voted on.
According to Congressman Lafayette, the proposal aims to establish the legal framework for DG (distributed generation), currently regulated by REN 482 (Normative Resolution No. 482/2012) OF ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency).
With the approval of the text, the parliamentarian states that the DG sector will have greater legal security. To this end, the PL rapporteur establishes, in his substitute text, a methodology for changing the compensation rules with pre-stipulated dates.
Amendments to PL 5829
Last week, several amendments were sent to the Chamber's website to be added to Representative Lafayette's substitute text. Among them, the amendment that establishes the penetration of DG 10% in electrical energy generation in the matrix before any change in standards.
The document, presented by federal deputy Evandro Roman (Patriota/PR), was prepared by ABSOLAR (Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy) and has the support of several professionals in the sector.
Another amendment presented was that of federal deputy Rubens Bueno (Cidadania/PR). The text presented by the parliamentarian aims to expand the democratization of the use of solar energy in Brazil. Among those benefiting from the amendment are residents of needy communities and energy-vulnerable consumers – who have electricity expenses in excess of 10% of family income.
The deputy proposes in the amendment that these consumers be exempt from charging for the cost of availability and the exemption from TUSD Fio B, which must be covered by the CDE (Energy Development Account).
