Tariff Review for CEMAT will be discussed this Friday in Cuiabá (MT)

Fonte: ANEEL
The Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica – ANEEL) promotes a live session of the Public Hearing to discuss the 3rd Tariff Review for Centrais Elétricas Matogrossenses (CEMAT) on this Friday (03/01), starting at 1:30 p.m., at Lar Shopping – Av. Miguel Sutil nº 6.274, Cuiabá (MT). The session has the objective of debating the proposal of a reduction of – 3.70% for the residential consumer. For the industries, the proposal is of a readjustment of 0.56%. The hearing will also discuss the service quality and the limits for the continuity indicators *DEC and **FEC for CEMAT stipulated for the period of 2014 to 2018.

The tariff reviews promoted by ANEEL are preceded by public hearings, in which the agency seeks to hear society and receive contributions from the sector’s agents and shareholders in the process. Besides participating in the live session, the shareholders may send contributions until 03/01/2013 to the e-mail addresses: ap001_2013rv@aneel.gov.br, for the tariff review subject; ap001_2012et@aneel.gov.br, for the tariff structure subject; ap001_2013ic@aneel.gov.br, for the continuity indicator subject; and ap001_2013pt@aneel.gov.br, for the technical loss subject, or also to the Agency’s address (SGAN, Quadra 603, Módulo I, Térreo, Protocolo Geral, Zip Code: 70.830-030), in Brasília-DF.

After the end of the contribution period, the subject will be deliberated in a Board of Director’s meeting, which will decide for the final index to be practiced by the distribution company starting 04/08/2013. 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. (PG/JS)

*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.