Aneel announces green tariff flag for the month of December.
There will be no extra charge on the electricity bill.
By Marcelo Brandão - Reporter for Agência Brasil - Brasília
The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) announced this Friday (25) the maintenance of the green tariff flag in the month of December for the electricity bills of consumers connected to the National Interconnected System (SIN). With this, there will be no extra charge on the electricity bill for the eighth consecutive month.
The agency's justification is that energy generation conditions in the country are good. "With the arrival of the rainy season, reservoir levels improve, as do the generation conditions of hydroelectric plants, which have a lower cost. Therefore, it is not necessary to activate projects with more expensive energy, such as thermoelectric plants," Aneel stated in a note.
tariff flags
Created in 2015 by Aneel, the tariff flags reflect the variable costs of electricity generation. Divided into levels, the flags indicate how much it costs the SIN (National Interconnected System) to generate the energy used in homes, commercial establishments, and industries.
When the electricity bill is calculated using the green flag, it means that the bill does not incur any additional charges. When the red or yellow flags are applied, the bill incurs additional charges, ranging from R$ 2,989 (yellow flag) to R$ 9,795 (red flag level 2) for every 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed. When the water scarcity flag was in effect, from September 2021 to April 15 of this year, the consumer paid an extra R$ 14,20 for every 100 kWh.
The National Interconnected System is divided into four subsystems: Southeast/Central-West, South, Northeast and North. Virtually the entire country is covered by the SIN. The exceptions are some parts of states in the North Region and Mato Grosso, as well as the entire state of Roraima. Currently, there are 212 isolated locations in the SIN, where consumption is low and represents less than 1% of the country's total load. The demand for energy in these regions is met mainly by diesel-fired thermal plants.
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