Fonte: ANEELThis Thursday (03/28) starts the term for sending contributions to Public Hearing Nº 023/2013 which will discuss with society the tariff review proposal for distributor Rio Grande Energia S/A (RGE). The measure was approved today (03/26) by the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica – ANEEL) during a Public Meeting. The matter will be discussed in a live session on April 25, in the city of Caxias do Sul (RS).

The values submitted to the hearing by ANEEL consist of a preliminary proposal of a reduction of -10.93% on the bill for the concession company’s residential consumers. For industries, the proposal is for an average reduction of -5.55%. The final indexes will only be known in June, when the matter will be deliberated by the Agency’s Board of Directors in an Ordinary Public Meeting. The tariff readjustment will be applied starting June 19.
The tariff review is foreseen in the concession contracts and has the objective to obtain the balance of the tariff based on the remuneration of the companies’ investments aimed to the providing of distribution services and coverage of expenses effectively acknowledged by ANEEL. It is applied in the distribution concession companies every four years, on average. The hearing will also discuss the service quality and the limits for continuity indicators *DEC and **FEC for the concession company stipulated for the period of 2014 to 2018.

Those interested in participating in the hearing through documental means can send contributions, in the period of 03/28 to 04/30, to the e-mail addresses: ap023_2013rv@aneel.gov.br, for the tariff review matter; ap023_2013et@aneel.gov.br, for the tariff structure matter; ap023_2013ic@aneel.gov.br, for the continuity indicators matter; and ap023_2013pt@aneel.gov.br, for the technical losses matters. The contributions can also be sent by fax (61) 2192-8839 or to the Agency’s address (SGAN, Quadra 603, Módulo I, Térreo, Protocolo Geral, CEP: 70.830-030), in Brasília-DF.

*Average Interruption Duration per consumer Unit – DEC – Time interval that, on average, during the period of observation, the consumer unit in each set considered had discontinuity of the electricity distribution. Refer to Module I of the Prodist.

** Average Interruption Frequency per Consumer Unit– FEC – Number of interruptions occurred, on average, during the period of observation, at each consumer unit of a set considered. Refer to Module I of the Prodist.