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05/31/2013
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Device replaces the effect of MP was not voted on by the Senate.
Decree advances U.S. $ 2.8 billion to energy companies to cover costs.
The decree that provides discounts on electricity bill was published on Wednesday (29) in an extra edition of the "Official Gazette". The device was found by the way the federal government to keep the rebates provided for in the provisional measure 605, which was not passed by the Senate and expires on June 3. The reduction in electricity tariff was announced in September last year by President Dilma Rousseff.
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In an interview on Wednesday, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobao said that the presidential decree allows the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) Eletrobras to authorize the use of resources of the Energy Development Account (CDE) to be sent to electricity distributors. The advance will involve a total of R $ 2.8 billion, he said, and will also include transfers to thermal plants would receive between June and December this year.
Earlier this week, the MP who guaranteed the discounts passed the House, but the Senate did not vote on the text. The President's House, Renan (PMDB-AL), said that senators will no longer examine matters that come to the Senate less than seven days prior to expire, as was the case of the MP 605.
The government's strategy to replace the interim measure was included in the devices it another MP before Congress, the 609, which deals with the basket. While the new MP is not approved, the decree allowing the advance of transfers serves to keep the discounts on electricity.
Discount on bill
The reduction in electricity tariffs was announced in September last year by President Dilma Rousseff. After the announcement, the law 12.783, which renewed the concessions in the energy sector and allowed the cheapening of the bill of Brazilians, was sanctioned in January.
For residential consumers, the bill fell on average 18%. For industry, agriculture, trade and services sector, the discount reached up to 32%.
To afford the drop in the cost of the bill, the government should spend $ 19 billion in damages to electric utilities and over U.S. $ 3 billion a year to the fund set up to compensate for the reductions in charges.
In announcing the fall of prices, the government offered to all transmission and distribution of electricity in Brazil who had contracts maturing until 2017 the possibility to renew the concessions beforehand. In contrast, imposed new conditions, paying less for the services.
The renegotiation of these contracts was essential for the Executive achieve lower prices for consumers. However, some companies, especially those based in states administered by parties who oppose the federal government refused to abide by the conditions of the Presidential Palace.
To make the discounts electricity, Rousseff has decided to publish the provisional measure which secured funds to offset the financial difference generated at the time that the concessionaires not agreed to extend the contract in exchange for a lower pay.
Source: G1
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