The recent clashes between the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, and the general director of ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), Sandoval Feitosa, are not the only source of tension for the sector at the moment.
The crisis has crossed the path of the Three Powers Square and reached the Federal Senate, which is responsible for approving the nominees for the positions of directors of regulatory agencies. Since the Legislative House will renew its presidency in February, all the hearings are part of the negotiation process.
Recently, the current president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, and the favorite to succeed and former president Davi Alcolumbre vetoed a direct nomination of Silveira for the ANEEL. It was the ministry's Secretary of Electric Energy, Gentil Nogueira, who would fill the vacancy left by Hélvio Guerra, whose term at the Agency ended in May. The senators' veto, although downplayed by the minister, is yet another chapter in the crisis between the Legislative and Executive branches.
Since May, the ANEEL works with four of the five directors. The situation has already been extremely criticized by Silveira, who complains about the delay in voting by the Agency. In fact, the scores constantly end up tied at 2 to 2.
Beyond the ANEEL, Silveira tries to place allies in the ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels), but the process also faces resistance due to the election of the Senate's Board of Directors.
In regulatory agencies, directors are appointed by the Executive Branch, but must be approved in a hearing in the Federal Senate. In the case of ANEEL, a list of three candidates was sent at the end of May, outside the ideal deadline, according to the ministry. This would tend to push the new choice to February 2025, precisely the month in which the elections for the Boards of Directors of the Federal Legislature will be held.
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