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Flag indicates if power tariff will cost more or less

02/04/2014

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If the government had not postponed the entry into operation of the tariff system flags that indicate whether the energy will cost more or less , the Brazilian would have to start controlling electricity use does not lead to a scare at the end of the month . During this year , ANEEL ( National Electric Energy Agency ) will publish the flags set for each month , as a test . For February , will be red , which would mean an increase of £ 3 per 100 kilowatt ( kW ) consumed .

Green, yellow and red - - The tariff flags will be set based on the conditions of power generation in the country As the system currently live under severe stress because of rain below average - the third lowest volume in 84 years - the flag is red . The mechanism for monthly passes bill spending thermoelectric generation , necessary to offset the decline in reservoir levels .

At the same time , the system allows the consumer to decide whether to reduce the use of electricity or pay more for it . Last month , the flag set by Aneel was yellow , which would mean an increase of R$ 1.50 to 100 kW ( in green , no increase) .

According to calculations by consulting Thymos Energy , in which case the bill of a Brazilian who failed to reduce consumption would be 9 % higher . In the case of industries , the impact would be much heavier : 11 % .

The system should come into force in January this year but was postponed to January 2015. According to ANEEL , the extension was necessary for the improvement of the mechanism . But among experts , the decision was interpreted as a way to control the impacts of increased electricity bills in inflation in an election year .

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The Director of Regulation and Energy Management in the Energy Thymos , Ricardo Savoya , notes that if the tariff flags were in place last year , the reduction in the rate promoted by the MP 579 , which dealt with the renewal of the concession contracts , would have been virtually reset.

- On average , the package launched by the government in September 2012 reduced costs by 14 % . Considering the volume of thermal activated last year , with the tariff flags , the reduction would have been 4 % .

The situation would be no different this year . Last week , the National System Operator ( ONS ) determined the entry of 15,500 megawatts ( MW ) of thermal energy to avoid a reduction in reservoirs , especially in the Southeast - which on Sunday was 39.98 % of
storage capacity .


Source : R7

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