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02/12/2014
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Aneel proposal will undergo public hearing . Consumer is to participate in the consultation
DAY
Rio - If you rely on the National Electric Energy Agency ( Aneel ) , the consumer will pay more for the electricity bill . The regulator put in a public hearing tomorrow on 16 March, proposed a 4.6% increase in rates. The increase is necessary , according to Aneel , to cover the R$ 5.6 billion deficit in the Energy Development Account ( CDE ) .
According to the agency , the values are passed through to consumer tariffs in the dates of annual adjustment of utilities . In Rio , the rates of the Light and Large rise in November and March, respectively .
Possible rise in electricity bills is criticized by the owner of Bohemia da Lapa Cavern Club , Marcio da Silva
Photo: John Laet / Agency Day
In the public consultation , customers and agents in the electricity sector can participate in giving opinion or questioning the proposal , which means that the numbers can change up to its adoption in March.
The client of the dealers that want to attend the hearing may submit suggestions via email ap130_2013fase2@aneel.gov.br , by fax ( 61 ) 2192-8839 or letter to the Agency - SGAN , Quadra 603 , Module I , General Protocol in Brasília .
In Rio , the proposal Aneel took consumers by surprise. The retired Francisco Barbosa , 68, who was unaware of the possibility of adjustment , said looking for ways to save energy . He lives in Vila da Penha . " When we turn on the fan , turn off the lights . We must be aware , otherwise we will not have to pay the bill , "he said .
Trade has also feels the influence of heat in the accounts. The bar owner Beco do Rato, in Lapa , Márcio Pacheco , 58 , explains that the heat required seven refrigerators for cooling drinks need more time to chill .
" We must connect hours before for meeting the demand of 100 cases of beer a day," he says.
He says the bill has doubled from R$ 1500 to R$ 3000 with the arrival of summer . The merchant will await the decision of Aneel to adopt measures to conserve light.
Have the bartender Bohemia da Lapa Carvern Pub , Márcio da Silva , 51 , claims the dealership. " Light can not charge as much as it gives us bad service. Every week Lapa is no light , we always have to wait to install generators in front of the bars , is absurd , "he says .
Account used to pay for tariff reduction plan
The Energy Development Account ( CDE ) is one of the pillars of the plan cheaper tariffs light . Announced by President Dilma Rousseff in September 2012 and implemented in January 2013 , the plan led to an average reduction of 20 % on energy bills .
To reach this court, the government ended the levying of charges that they levy funds for the Fuel Consumption Account ( CCC ) , Global Reversion Reserve ( RGR ) and transferred to the CDE responsibility for financing the actions of the funds industry energy.
As the costs have been higher than the resources entering the box, the Treasury has made contributions to compensate for this difference . But the transfer has not been enough , because beyond the termination charges , the government anticipated renewal of concessions for generation and transmission of energy , subject to reduction in the amount of compensation paid to the companies .
Consumer will have to pay cost
Even if an adjustment occurs in the percentage presented by Aneel after the public hearing, the correction should not be sufficient to prevent the transfer of this account to consumers . Users are hoping for a high tariff of light due to the drop in the level of hydroelectric reservoirs , with the government resorting to greater use of thermal power plants.
According to calculations made during the agency's board meeting yesterday , the expenses of the Energy Development Account should be around R $ 17.99 billion.
Neither the entry of R$ 9 billion from the Treasury , plus the collection of fines , fees and Use of Public Property ( UBP ) and the repayment of debt , which is due in its entirety to R$ 12.39 billion , will be sufficient to cover expenditure items assigned to the CDE . Among them are the Light for All Program (R$ 875 million ) grant from the social tariff ( R$ 2.09 billion ) and the allowance for energy generation in isolated systems in the Northern Region ( R$ 4.6 billion ) and severance payments ( R$ 3.178 billion ) . The deficit , which should hit R$ 5.6 billion , will be funded by the end consumer .
Reporting by Martha Imenes
Source : The Day - Online
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