Fonte: ANEEL
A newindicator to measure the duration of interruptions in critical days* enters into force today (01/02). The DICRE (duration of interruption in critical day per consumer unit or connection point) seeks to encourage distributors to act more efficiently on days with many events on the network, so that the electricity supply is restored more quickly. The transgression of the indicator will generate compensation in revenue to the consumer. The regulation was adopted during a public meeting of the board of the National Agency for Electrical Energy (ANEEL) on December 13, 2011.
 
TheDICRE is individual and represents the time of each interruption in critical day that has affected a specific consumer unit. Thus, this indicator is ascertained by interruption, and not by month, quarter and year, as are the DIC, FIC and DMIC** indicators.

ANEEL has establishedlimits for these interruptions and the consumer is entitled to compensation in cases of violation of the indicator. Compensation will be made ​​for eachinterruption on critical days, with payment to be cumulative in cases where a transgression occurs more than once within the month.

If thepower outage lasts more than 12 hours in the day, low-voltage consumers (households and small businesses), for example, should receive compensation relevant to the event, regardless of monthly compensation by other indicators.

The formulafor calculating the benefit will be the same as for DIC/FIC/DMIC. And the deadline for payment of compensation shall be two months after the month of the event of the interruption on critical day.

With the insertionof a new indicator it has been necessary to change some indications of modules 1, 6 and 8 of the Distribution Procedures – PRODIST.

Theissue was under public hearing during the period of October 20^th to December 2^nd, 2011 and received 13 contributions from industry players and consumer protection agencies. The technical note with the analysis of the contributions is available on the Agency site.

See below the DICRE limits according to region and voltage levels. FA/DB/PG