04/10/2016
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The tariff flag that will be applied to bills in October will be green, at no cost to consumers of electricity. This is the seventh consecutive month that the flag is green, which means that there will be no additional amount to be paid.
According to the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel), the main factors contributing to the maintenance of the green flag is the positive evolution of the wet season 2016, which reassembles the hydroelectric reservoirs, the power increase available with demand reduction and adding new plants to the Brazilian electrical system.
The system of tariff flags was adopted in January 2015 as a way to recover the extra expenses of energy distributors to purchase energy power plants. The color of the flag is printed on the electricity bill (red, yellow or green) indicates the cost of electricity, depending on the conditions of electricity generation.
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Since the beginning of the system force until February 2016, the flag remained red, first with collection of R $ 4.50 per 100 kilowatt-hour (kWh) consumed and later with the red flag level 1, it means increase of R $ 3.00 per 100 kWh. In March this year, the flag passed to yellow (with a rate of R $ 1.50 per 100 kWh) and, since April this year, it is green.
According to Aneel, the tariff flag is not an extra cost in the electricity bill, but a different way to charge a fee that was already included in the energy bill through the annual tariff adjustment of the distribution.
The agency believes that the flag becomes more transparent electricity bill and the consumer has the best information to use electricity more consciously.
Source: Idec
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