It was presented in the Senate a bill that aims to allow workers to use their FGTS (Service Time Guarantee Fund) balances to purchase solar energy equipment.
O PL 1.481 / 2025, by Senator Mecias de Jesus (Republicans-RR), awaits referral to the committee. The proposal amends the FGTS Law so that the use of the fund balance for the purchase and installation of solar energy generation systems in urban and rural homes is permitted.
The author claims that he filed the project with the justification that the money will be used so that the population can have access to sustainable and economical technology.
“Installing solar s can reduce household electricity bills by up to 90%, providing long-term financial relief and contributing to national energy security,” argues the parliamentarian.
Rules
The document states that the FGTS holder may use up to 5% of the available balance once every 50 years. Cooperatives or consortiums focused on shared solar energy generation may also use the benefit.
The Executive Branch would also have to regulate other rules, technical, operational and documentary criteria. According to the project, the following will have priority in the use of resources:
- Anyone with an average monthly consumption of less than 220 kWh in the 12 months prior to the request;
- Residents in areas classified as socioeconomically vulnerable;
- of urban or rural land regularization and social housing programs, at municipal and state level, and the Minha Casa, Minha Vida program;
- Properties used as residences by elderly people or people with disabilities;
- Residents in isolated areas, not integrated into the National Interconnected System;
- Family farming;
- Native peoples such as indigenous people and quilombolas.
Sustainability
According to the text, the equipment acquired cannot be resold for a period of 5 years, except in the case of sale of the property, inheritance or divorce.
Citizens may also use the resources to pay off existing bank financing for the acquisition or installation of solar energy generation systems.
For Mecias, the measure will relieve the electricity grid, by allowing the use of FGTS for this purpose, the Government would be promoting the democratization of access to solar energy and encouraging the rational use of the fund, traditionally linked to the acquisition of one's own home.
“The project advances by expressly providing for residential use, including in cooperatives and consortia, and by prioritizing vulnerable groups. The proposal also contributes to the international commitments assumed by Brazil, especially within the scope of the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda, promoting concrete actions to combat climate change,” states Mecias, in the justification of the project.
The text presented will still be analyzed by the Senate committees and will also need the of the Chamber of Deputies to become law before being sanctioned and beginning to come into effect.
With information from Agência Senado.
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