Fonte: ANEEL
The ANEEL Board of Director’s altered this Tuesday (12/11) the deadline for submitting contributions to the Public Hearing # 104/2012, which deals with the normative resolution draft establishing activation ranges and the values of tariff flags starting in the year 2014. Contributions may be sent until January 6, 2013 and no longer until January 30, 2013, as previously planned.

The proposal is that the fixed values for the testing year of 2013 for the yello and red tariff flags at R$ 15/MWh and R$ 30/MWh, respectively. Those interested may send contributions during the period of 12/07/12 to 01/06/13 to the e-mail: ap104_2012@aneel.gov.br, 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).

The Green, Yellow and Red Tariff Flags will act as a traffic light and be reflected in fare difference for the consumer. The Green Flag means low cost to generate energy. The Yellow Flag will indicate a sign of attention because generation costs are increasing. In turn, the Red Flag indicates that the former situation is getting worse and the supply of energy to meet consumer demand occurs with higher generation costs, such as the firing of a large number of thermal electric plants to generate electricity, which is a more expensive source than hydroelectric plants.

The target audience will be all consumers of the National Interconnected System (SIN), high and low voltage. The activation of each flag by ANEEL tariff will depend on the values of the Price of Settlement of Differences – PLD [Preço de Liquidação de Diferenças] and Charge System Services for Energy Security – ESS_SE [Encargo de Serviços do Sistema por Segurança Energética]. The flags are part of the tariff change in the tariff structure approved in November of last year by the Agency’s Board of Directors. (DB/PG).