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22/04/2013
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The National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) approved on Tuesday (16) the beginning of the operation, in testing, the system flags tariff, which will give advance notice to consumers via bill on increase in the cost of electricity.
Goal is to give customers the opportunity to reduce power consumption and avoid unwanted high rate in the next month
From May 1, the bills sent to consumers will bring a flag indicating whether or not the period, changes in the cost of energy. The goal is to give customers the opportunity to reduce power consumption and avoid unwanted high rate in the following month.
The system will work in testing, ie, for the information of consumers, until December 31. As of January 2014, however, the increase in the cost of energy production, indicated by the color of the flag, will be able to effectively lead to enhancement of the bill the following month.
How it works
Today, the variation in the cost of power generation is only passed on to consumers once a year when Aneel vote resetting the distributors. At this point, the rate can increase or fall, depending on factors like inflation in the previous 12 months and the use of plants.
However, as of January 2014 with the additional cost thermal generation will be passed to the Brazilians in a prompt manner. When this happens, Aneel will inform, through the flags, the energy is more expensive at that time and that this may result in an increase in the bill the following month.
By the criteria set by the agency, if any yellow flag, the power consumption in that month will result in an increase of R$ 1.50 per 100 kilowatt-hour (kWh), which is charged to the account of the following month. When the color of the flag is red, this high will be R$ 3 for each 100 kWh.
The system also provides for the green flag, which will appear on behalf of consumers when there is no significant change in the cost of energy to the point of impact the bill.
According to the director Aneel Julian Coelho, the system will allow the consumer to know in advance the increase in energy prices and can save to prevent a bill becomes more expensive.
Furthermore, the agency expects the system flags take consumers to save energy during times of heavy use of plants, as seen today, due to lack of rains at the end of last year and the need to help the dams to fill their reservoirs.
Source: G1
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