This Sunday (05/01/20), President Jair Bolsonaro once again spoke out in favor of solar energy. The position regarding the REN 482 review process was made on his social media through a video. “There will be no taxation of solar energy, period,” stated the president.
“No one in the government speaks about this issue except me. I am not interested in the opinions of secretaries, whoever they may be.” In the same video, the President added that it would be up to ANEEL the decision, “the one who decides this issue is Aneel, the National Electric Energy Agency is an autonomous agency, its have a mandate, I have no interference over them.”
Later, on the same social networks, the President stated that he was already acting directly in the review of REN 482, “I just spoke with Rodrigo Maia and Davi Alcolumbre, about the taxation of solar energy proposed by ANEEL. The Speaker of the House will vote on a Bill, as a matter of urgency, PROHIBITING THE TAXATION of energy generated by solar radiation. The Speaker of the Senate will do the same. Case closed.”
Today (06/01/20) in the morning, the President once again affirmed his for solar energy in a press conference. “I resolved this issue yesterday, our position is zero tariff”, “any possibility of taxing solar energy has been buried”, he added.
Bolsonaro also highlighted the conversations he had with ministers Bento Albuquerque (Ministry of Mines and Energy) and Paulo Guedes (Ministry of Economy), “I also spoke with Paulo Guedes and iral Bento of Mines and Energy. Bento told me that the president of ANEEL wants to talk to me. I warned that if he is going to discuss this matter and say that the tariff is zero, I will be ready to receive him”. Bolsonaro also highlighted that photovoltaic solar generation will be encouraged by the government.
