Tariff Review of Cemig (MG) will be discussed in a public hearing

Fonte: ANEEL
The Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL) approved today (Jan, 29) the opening of the public hearing regarding the 3 th Cicle of  Tariff Review of CEMIG Distribuição S.A. which attends 7 million consumer units in 805 municipalities. Its objective is to receive conttribuitions from the society about the tariff review process of the concessionaire, which will have an adjustment in its tariffs from april, 8 onwards. The hearing process will start next Thursday (Jan, 31) and will proceed up until  March , 1. The presence session will take place on February, 27, in the city of Belo Horizonte (MG).

The sum submitted to the hearing by ANEEL consists of a proposal of  an average initial readjustment of 6,36%for the concessionaire’s consumer set. The final índex will only be known in the beggining of April, when the subject matter will be deliberated by the Agency Board in an Ordinary Public Meeting.

The Tarrif Review is established in the concession agreements and aims to obtain a tarrif balance based on the investiment remuneration of the companies dedicated to rendering distribution services and the coverage of expenses effectivelly acknowledged by ANEEL. It is applied to the distribuition concessionaires every four years, on average.

The hearing will also discuss the service quality and the continuity indicator limits *DEC and **FEC of the CEMIG  sets estupulated for the period from 2014 to 2018. Those interested in participating in the hearing by documentary way may submit contributions in the period from 1/31to 3/1 to the email addresses: ap004_2013rv@aneel.gov.br, for the subject of tariff revision; ap002_2012et@aneel.gov.br, for the subject of tariff structure; ap002_2013ic@aneel.gov.br, for the subject of continuity indicators; and ap004_2013pt@aneel.gov.br, for the subject of technical losses; or to the Agency’s address (SGAN, Quadra 603, Módulo I, Térreo, Protocolo Geral, CEP: 70830-030), in Brasília-DF.

* Duration Equivalent of Interruption per Consumer Unit (Duração Equivalente de Interrupção por Unidade Consumidora) – DEC – Time range which, on average , a discontinuity in the distribution of electric energy occured in each consumer unit of the set considered in the observation period. Consult the Módulo I do Prodist.

** Frequency Equivalent of Interruption per Consumer Unit (Frequência Equivalente de Interrupção por Unidade Consumidora)FEC – Number of interruptions occured, on average, in each consumer unit of the set considered in the observation period. Consult the Módulo I Prodist.