A Difficulty in approving projects and approving requests for connection of photovoltaic systems by consumers in the state of São Paulo was the topic of a meeting this week between the Executive Secretary of the Civil House of the State of São Paulo, Edilson Costa, the state deputy, Danila Azevedo, and of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association).
The association said, in a press release, that the government of the State of São Paulo wants to expand the commitment to act more diligently and rigor in recent cases of restriction of access to solar DG on roofs and small plots of land, currently imposed by electricity distributors that have concessions in the state of São Paulo.
“The Secretary was very sensitive to the topic and requested the preparation of a technical note with details of the cases that occurred and the impacts generated. This way, they will be able to continue with the appropriate procedures”, he commented. Guilherme Susteras, advisor and coordinator of the association's distributed generation working group.
Solar DG: loss of at least R$3 billion
Survey carried out by ABSOLAR pointed out that the difficulties in the solar DG market are having a financial impact the distributed generation market. “Own solar generation in homes, small businesses and rural properties has been subject to restrictions in recent months by several distributors in Brazil, with losses to society that add up, in just 30 days, to more than R$3 billion to the country, due to the suspensions and cancellations of electricity concessionaires in Brazil”, said the association in a note.
Distributors have already canceled and suspended more than 3 connection requests, says ABSOLAR
O association mapping found more than 800 cases throughout Brazil, between July 14th and the beginning of August this year. The survey shows that there are around 1 GW in projects held back by electricity concessionaires, in a total of more than 3,1 connection requests canceled and suspended during the period.
“A ABSOLAR defends that the consumer's right to generate their own energy be preserved and that the right of integrating companies to carry out their work be also guaranteed by the authorities and agents of the electricity sector”, concluded the association.
