Aneel maintains an electricity bill with a green tariff flag in July

The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) announced this Friday (30) that it will maintain the green flag, with no extra fee, in July for all consumers connected to the National Interconnected System (SIN). The electricity bill has been without these fees since the end of the water scarcity flag, which lasted from September 2021 until mid-April 2022.

According to Aneel, at the time, the green flag was chosen due to the favorable conditions for power generation, with the reservoirs of the hydroelectric plants at satisfactory levels. The storage level of the reservoirs reached 87% on average at the beginning of the dry period, which explains the favorable scenario at the moment.

If the other flags were instituted, the electricity bill would reflect the readjustment of up to 64% of the tariff flags approved in June 2022 by Aneel, informed Agência Brasil. The increases reflected inflation and the higher cost of thermoelectric plants this year, due to the rise in oil and natural gas prices in recent months.

Created in 2015 by Aneel, tariff flags reflect the variable costs of electricity generation. Divided into levels, the flags indicate how much it is costing the SIN to generate the energy used in homes, commercial establishments and industries.

When the electricity bill is calculated by the green flag, there is no increase. When the red or yellow flags are applied, the bill is increased, ranging from R$ 2,989 (yellow flag) to R$ 9,795 (red flag level 2) for every 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed. When the water scarcity flag was in effect from September 2021 to April 15, 2022, the consumer paid an extra R$ 14.20 for every 100 kWh.