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14/01/2013
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Plan calls for energy be 20.2% cheaper from February.
Law renews concessions and eliminates charges bill.
President Dilma Rousseff signed legislation 12,783 renewing concessions in the energy sector and allows the cheapening of the bill of Brazilians. The law was published in Monday's (14) the "Official Gazette".
According to calculations by the federal government, the measures provided for in the law will lead to an average reduction of 20.2% in power tariff from February. The published text presents six vetoes in relation to approved by Congress.
The law allows the government to extend for up to 30 years concession generation (hydro and thermal), transmission and distribution of energy that expire between 2015 and 2017. In exchange, these dealers had to accept to receive, starting in 2013, a fee up to 70% less for the services provided.
Some of the decline in electricity bill comes through this measure. The other comes from the elimination of the bill, two of the industry charges incidents: the Fuel Consumption Account (CCC) and the General Reserve for Reversion (RGR). Have the Energy Development Account (CDE) will be reduced to 25% of its current value, and assume the cost of the programs contained in the other two.
The energy produced by the plants whose concessions are being extended, cheaper due to the cut in the remuneration of such officers, will be converted into shares and distributed among all distributors in the country. Thus, according to the government plan, the cheaper the bill will be able to get to all Brazilians.
Fight
The government's plan was accepted by all utilities affected by the measure, with the exception of hydroelectric administered by Cesp, Cemig and Copel, subsidiaries, respectively, by the governments of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Paraná.
The refusal of the three companies has led the government to announce in December that the reduction in the bill would be at 16.7%, lower than the 20.2% previously forecast. And allegations that the governments of these states, controlled PSDB party, which opposes the government of President Dilma Rousseff (PT), had rejected the proposal to undermine the plan.
Later, representatives of the federal government reported that additional measures would be adopted to allow a reduction of 20.2% announced by President Dilma.
Source: G1 - News
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