Aneel approves use of subsidy account to finance energy imports from Venezuela
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A company from the J&F group will carry out the import, being remunerated by a charge on the electricity bill. Agency estimates savings of R$9 million per month from November to January 2024. The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) approved this Tuesday (19) the use of the Fuel Consumption Account (CCC) to finance energy imports of Venezuela to supply Roraima – the only state that is not connected to the National Interconnected System (SIN). The energy will be imported by the company Âmbar, part of the J&F group, which will be remunerated by the CCC — a charge used to pay for the generation of thermoelectric energy in isolated systems and paid by all consumers in the electricity bill. “Of course, at first you have the use of the CCC, but with a future perspective of reduction, which also means a reduction in the subsidy, which is paid by all consumers”, stated the director of Aneel Hélvio Guerra. More expensive energy: Aneel approves readjustments for Rondônia and Acre As it is not connected to the national system, Roraima is served by thermoelectric plants — more polluting and expensive. Aneel’s estimate is that, with imports from Venezuela, there will be monthly savings of around R$9 million in the CCC in the period from November to January 2024. The price of imported energy will be R$1,080.00 per megawatt- hour (MWh) for the first 30 MW imported and then, for the import of 31 MW to 60 MW, the price increases to R$900 per MWh. “An important detail is that this CMSE deliberation, based on the operator’s studies, was pre-defined that this import amount should not exceed 15 MW throughout the import operation”, stated Aneel superintendent, Alessandro Cantarino. According to Aneel, the estimate is that Âmbar should receive R$17 million between November and January 2024 — the period in which imports were authorized. In October, the Electrical Sector Monitoring Committee (CMSE) approved the technical and economic guidelines for the resumption of energy imports from Venezuela to supply Roraima. With the import, the energy from the thermoelectric plants that currently supply Roraima will be replaced by production from the Guri hydroelectric plant, in Venezuela. The resumption was made possible by a decree signed in August by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), which authorized Brazil to import energy from neighboring countries. According to the decree, a statement from CMSE and ONS (National Electric System Operator) is necessary. Afterwards, Aneel must approve the price and volume of imported energy. Venezuela stopped sending energy to Roraima in 2019, after a series of historic blackouts in the country. Since then, supply to consumers in the state has been provided by thermoelectric plants.
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