Electricity Sector Reform: Measures that should help 60 million Brazilians come into effect.
Millions of families are exempt from paying electricity bills if their consumption is less than 80 kWh per month.
247 - Around 17 million families will be exempt, starting this Saturday (5), from paying the electricity tariff if they consume less than 80 kWh per month. These are people registered in the Single Registry for Social Programs (CadÚnico) who earn up to half the minimum wage per person. This year, President Lula approved Provisional Measure 1.300/2025, which also benefits seniors with Continuous Benefit Payment (BPC), and indigenous and quilombola families registered in the registry. Approved in May by the federal government, the measures are part of the Electricity Sector Reform and should reach 60 million Brazilians.
In Ceará, for example, 1,54 million consumer units qualify for some type of discount, the fourth largest amount in Brazil and 20% of the total number of families with the potential to benefit in the Northeast Region (7,75 million).
Another approved proposal is a change in the collection of the Energy Development Account (CDE), a sectoral fund for financing public policies such as the "Light for All" program, which benefits low-income consumers and rural producers - it also helps producers who use renewable sources, coal producers, electrification cooperatives, and small distributors.
The CDE tax will no longer be charged to families registered in the CadÚnico (Single Registry for Social Programs) with a per capita income between half and one minimum wage and who have a monthly consumption of up to 120 kWh. This alternative should benefit 55 million people with a reduction of approximately 12% in their bills.
