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11/05/2013
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Lack of rain has made plants more expensive government call in October .
If you were charged today , has lead to high average of 8 % on the electricity bill .
Brazilian consumers will have to pay a bill of at least $ 8.6 billion driven by thermal plants due to lower hydroelectric reservoir levels last summer , says survey by the National Agency of Electric Energy ( ANEEL ) . If it were now charged , and at once , this has lead to an average increase of about 8% in the rate of light.
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The bill began to form in October 2012 , when the government determined that they were linked hundreds of power plants in the country due to the forecast decline in the volume of rainfall for the months ahead . The prediction was confirmed : he finished the month of April , and reached the end of the wet season 2012/2013 , the dams recorded the lowest level since 2001, when it was necessary to enact rationing .
The situation of the reservoirs is more serious because the thermoelectric acted to replace part of the hydroelectric generation and, therefore , helped to save water . But as thermoelectric work by burning fuels such as oil and gas , the energy they produce is usually much more expensive - and the bill is passed on to the consumer .
The Director General of ANEEL , Romeo Rufino , admits that the cost generated by the need to use the thermals is high and the impact for consumers is strong . He pointed out, however, that this value is the result of a " worst case scenario " than expected by the government , referring to the low volume of rainfall in late 2012 and early 2013 . And the presence of a new thermal avoided rationing at home .
" [ The bill for the use of thermoelectric ] is a lot of money , the impact is significant . Always said : the thermals are insured , we cheered too to not have to pull them because expensive, " said Rufino .
" But always compared with 2000 when there was the heat and had to resort rationing . Now we had a very unfavorable hydrological regime , but thankfully we had thermals , "he added .
Thermals are insured , we cheered too to not have to pull them because costly "
Romeo Rufino , director general of Anee
How Bill graduated
The U.S. $ 8.6 billion is the preliminary result of the expenses calculated between 2012 and August 2013 with the operation of power plants due to lack of rains . How much of these plants is still on - and should continue for the next few months - it is certain that the value will increase .
This account , about £ 5.5 billion , spending between January and August 2013, are being funded by the government , which then will pass on to consumers . This amount includes the Service Charges System ( ESS ) , charged when the thermals are driven to ensure security of supply , and extra costs generated by the non-adherence of CESP , Cemig and Copel to plan cheaper energy federal government .
As the three companies did not accept the government's offer to renew concessions for hydroelectric plants , was missing part of the energy needed to reduce the electric bill in the levels desired by President Dilma Rousseff .
In the remaining U.S. $ 3.1 billion bill included differences between what was predicted by Aneel and what was actually paid by distributors , over 2012 in ESS and purchasing power to meet the consumers - the value of increased energy the country due to the fall in the volume of the reservoirs and the thermal activation .
Payment Account
The bill has already begun to be paid for a share of consumers served by these energy distributors who have gone through the process of tariff adjustment in 2013 . But who bears much of the cost of thermals at this moment is the federal government , including Treasury funds .
A decision by Aneel allowed the government , in addition to financing the activation of thermal , pass this bill to consumers only from 2014 and up to five annual installments .
With this output , the government , on one side , bailed power distributors - which , by rule , should pay for the use of thermoelectric and then be reimbursed in the tariff adjustment but claimed not to have enough cash to cover the values - and, of other, prevented the recovery once the consumers , which would compromise the plan adopted earlier this year that led to the cheapening of the bill.
Response Ministry
The G1 questioned the Ministry of Mines and Energy on the preliminary cost of U.S. $ 8.6 billion by the use of plants. In a statement, the ministry said that " the Brazilian model of power generation involves the use of heat for many years " and, therefore , the electricity tariff " always included a portion for payment of this generation . " But pointed out that in 2013 the expense is greater than anticipated.
" What happened in 2013 was that the need for thermal generation was higher than expected ," says the note . The ministry also points out that it is not possible to confirm the average increase of 8 % in tariffs since the readjustment of distribution are different from each other .
In a statement, the ministry also notes that , as of September , started to work a new methodology for the order of thermals that aims to " reduce the cost burden due to generation" of energy by these plants .
In practice , this new system includes mechanisms for risk aversion of the lack of rain that will become more common to drive thermoelectric cheaper . The result is that the average price of electricity in Brazil will rise but expected the government to reduce the chances of triggering the thermoelectric more expensive , so emergency - which is the largest contributor to the increase in account.
The government also changed this year the apportionment of expenses with the use of thermoelectric : reduced the portion that falls on residential consumers and businesses , and included in the costing traders and power generators . This decision , however, is being challenged in court by industry associations .
Source : G1
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