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08/04/2015
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The National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) released on the morning of Tuesday the new adjustment of the bill for customers Ampla of 30.25% for residential customers. The percentage is 13.4% less than the 34.95% rate that had been approved on 10 March.
According to Aneel, the change in the percentage occurred "because of the approval, on 31 March, the new values of the shares of Energy Development Account (CDE) for the amortization of the Account in the Regulated Market (ACR Account)". In other words, the adjustment will be lower because the distributors will have a period of four and a half years instead of two years to repay the loans made by the federal government over 2014 and earlier this year in order to rescue them , totaling R $ 37.417 billion.
Economist André Braz, the Brazilian Institute of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV-Ibre), explains that families commit an average of almost 4% of the budget with the electric bill and, therefore, a smaller increase is always very you welcome. However, he believes that the adjustment will still weigh heavily on the consumer's pocket:
- Even so, 30% adjustment is close to three times the accumulated inflation between April 2014 and March 2015. This increase will be of great impact on the family budget. As of today, it put into practice some lessons learned at the time of power rationing for this increase not much affect the family budget.
Check out the new and old rates, separated by consumers of high, medium and low voltage Ampla. The industry fits into the high-voltage category.
Voltage classes
Average increase approved on March 10
Average increase approved today
High (above 2.3 kV)
56.15%
51.09%
Low (below 2.3 kV)
36.41%
31.66%
Average (low and high)
42.19%
37.34%
Sought, Broad said in a statement that "this year, the tariff adjustment of all Brazil's electricity distributors will cover mainly the increase in the rate of the Itaipu hydroelectric plant and the cost of purchase of power generators, due to the unfavorable hydrological situation in the country. "
The distributor also stated that "adjustment also reflects the increased spending on the Energy Development Account (CDE) - the government administered fund to pay some subsidies to tariffs - which are now charged in full in all consumer fare country. The funds raised by the Ampla regarding the items above will be fully transferred to the generators and the CDE. "
The Wide serves 2.5 million consumer units located in 66 municipalities of Rio de Janeiro.
Source: Extra
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