The director of ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) and rapporteur of the REN 482 process (Normative Resolution 482/2012), Efrain Cruz, signaled, during a live broadcast with representatives of ABGD (Brazilian Association of Distributed Generation) last Thursday (30), that the agency wants to resume discussions with agents about reviewing the rules for GD (distributed generation).
For the executive, GD is one of the most democratic sources in the electricity sector, which is why it deserves the agency's full attention. “Today, we observe that subsidies for DG are perhaps the most sociable in the electricity sector”, he highlighted.
During the virtual event, he also presented a graph with several existing subsidies in the electricity sector that exceed those granted to distributed generation. ANEEL estimates that GD's values will reach R$3,9 billion in 2022, compared to the current R$1,78 billion. “This house can create a welcoming environment for GD without harming growth, but with sustainability.”
Cruz also reinforced the agency's technical and legal skills in regulating the issue, thus demonstrating that the ANEEL wants to reopen the dialogue on the subject and bring the debate back to the technical area.
The REN 482 review schedule is scheduled for the first half of 2021.
Project that proposes new GD rules is presented
The CBEE (Brazilian Electric Energy Code) was filed with the Chamber of Deputies last Friday (31). Prepared with the technical of ABGD and other entities, the text proposes new rules for distributed generation and compensation for surplus energy, including the progressive adoption of the payment of TUSD (Tariffs for the Use of Distribution Systems), popularly known as Thread B.
Furthermore, it foresees the use of TUSD/G (generation), four times cheaper than that currently used, preserves the acquired rights of those who already have systems installed and proposes the end of the availability rate, thus inserting 70 million low consumers income as potential customers for GD.
The text also brings a new classification between the different distributed generation installations, into four categories: remote self-generation, residential and commercial shared generation and residential microgeneration.
According to the text's rapporteur, federal deputy Lafayette Andrada, Suggestions for the Electrical Sector Code can be sent until the end of August.
