The municipality of Itaipulândia (PR) must invest, by the end of this year, R$14 million in solar energy in the local economy through the Luz Solar Para Todos program.
The initiative, created by the Municipal istration last year, aims to serve more than a thousand families. In 2022, R$12 million has already been made available through the program.
“Our goal is to reach 100% of families eligible to receive the benefit, by 2024. We have already seen a return in the quality of life of families who, now, can buy an air conditioner, sleep better, use the money from their electricity bill to invest in your residence and have a better quality of life”, highlighted Cleide Prates, mayor of Itaipulândia.
Solar Light for All Program
The program emerged in 2022 after being recommended by the Executive Branch to the Chamber of Councilors and having been unanimously approved by the Legislature.
“The project emerged after technical studies and feasibility analysis. The objective is to help those who need it most. Many people in our city would like to have air conditioning or a heater but cannot because the electricity bill is increasingly expensive. Consuming energy in a cheap and sustainable way improves the population’s quality of life”, explains Cleide.
In 2022, at the beginning of the program, each family received R$13.362 thousand for the installation of photovoltaic systems. The benefit was financed by the Federal Government, through the Public Power’s non-refundable fund.
The initiative also includes those who already have the installation, with a contribution of R$ 9.432,00 for the expansion.
This year, according to the city hall, the expectation is to serve more than a thousand families, with an incentive of R$14.144 thousand for the installation of new projects and R$9.984 thousand for expansion.
How to participate in the program?
Residents interested in receiving the benefit must take the documentation to the Tancredo Neves Municipal Palace Auditorium, located at R. São Miguel do Iguaçu, 1891 – Centro, Itaipulândia – PR, 85880-000.
The city hall highlights that to be entitled to the benefit, it is necessary to prove two years of residence in the municipality and be the owner of the property.
The list of required documents can be found by clicking here. More information can be obtained by calling (45) 3559-8000.
Presence of solar
Currently, the city has 10,69 MW of installed capacity in solar DG, with around 1,2 thousand photovoltaic systems and more than 1,4 thousand UCs (Consumer Units) receiving credits, according to data from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency).
In 2021, before the implementation of the program, Itaipulândia recorded the installation of 203 photovoltaic systems. In 2022, the year in which the program began activity, the number of photovoltaic systems installed more than tripled, recording the number of 775 installations.
An answer
I am happy that a municipality is truly interested in the well-being of its citizens, something rare in Brazil. However, interested parties must be careful, as it is the authorization of the ANEEL, that distribution companies charge a fee, and we all know, it is always absurd, on the energy produced by the of their electrical grid. Only those who opt for the Offgrid system, the one that does not connect to the electrical grid, are exempt from these fees.