Fonte: ANEEL

The National Energy Agency (ANEEL) discusses at a public hearing, by document exchange, the regulating proposal of the procedures for reporting serious incidents at energy generating plants, as well as possible suspension of the operational status of the project.

The draft proposed sets out the mandatory reporting of all serious incidents to ANEEL. Upon receipt of this information, the Generation Audit Superintendency (SFG) of the Agency will consider the need to suspend the operation of the generating unit or power generating plant. Where one chooses to suspend the operational situation, ANEEL shall notify the agent, who will have 10 days to forward appeal. After analysis of the manifestations of the company, the Agency will evaluate the appropriateness of issuing an administrative act suspending the operational situation.

The concept of serious incidents was interpreted in the regulation as "prolonged unscheduled downtime." The intention was to establish a definition that leaves no doubt as to the agents about the events that must be reported. These prolonged unscheduled stops were limited to 240 hours for any generating unit or 72 hours for the electric power generating plant (set of all generating units). These periods were defined as history of occurrence monitoring of the unit monitoring of the Agency generation.

Contributions to the public hearing may be addressed in the period from 10/14 to 11/13. to the email address ap062_2011@aneel.gov.br , fax number (55 61) 2192-8839 or to the address SGAN 603 – Módulo I – Térreo/Protocolo Geral da ANEEL, CEP 70830-030, Brasília (DF). (AP / GL).