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01/22/2015
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For 10 years, customers have paid for investments that company did not.
Aneel had determined the compensation in December 2013.
The Supreme Court upheld the injunction desobrigava Eletropaulo return R$ 626 million consumers. According to the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), between 2002 and 2011, the company included in the consumer's account the investments in the implementation of 246 km of aluminum cables that did not exist. That is, for 10 years, customers of the distributor paid for investments she did not.
Although the cables have been included from 2002, Aneel has determined, in December 2013, the company must reimburse consumers only by undue payments made between July 2006 and July 2011. This is because the left to pass cables in Eletropaulo in 2011. rate Moreover, the law only allows the revision of tariffs for five years prior to the installation process.
To avoid "impact on the finances" and a possible "economic and financial destabilization of the company", Aneel had determined that the return of US $ 626 million was split in four years. This would mean that the compensation would impact the next annual tariff adjustments of Eletropaulo.
Eletropaulo distributes electricity to 24 municipalities in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, in a concession area comprising 6.6 million consumer units and approximately 17 million customers.
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