Fonte: ANEEL
Starting today (05/11), the National EnergyAgency (ANEEL) will be receiving contributions for Public Hearing No. 027/2011 on the approval process of the budget of the National System Operator (ONS), referring to the cycle from July 2011 to December 2012. For this period of 18 months, the ONS has proposed a total budget of BRL 772.52 million, of which BRL 598.76 million relate to items costing BRL 96.63 million for the Action Plan and BRL 27, 12 million for acquisitions and improvements.

Currently, the ONS budget cycle is from July of a year to June the following year, but the institution has requested ANEEL a change in time in order to align it to the cycle of Usage Rates of Transmission System (TUST). The measure improves the estimates of expenses with transmission charges and avoids additional plots in revenue to be collected in the following cycle. For this reason, the proposal under court hearing is for 18 months, of which the next six months (July-December 2011) represents a transition period and the other 12 (January-December 2012) is equivalent to the new budget period.

The regulation and inspection of the ONS is the responsibility of ANEEL, as provided for in Decree No. 5.081/2004. Likewise, it is the responsibility of ANEEL to approve the annual budget for the ONS, as provided in Resolution No. 373/1999. The process is always preceded by public hearing. The ONS is a private institution, which is responsible, among other things, for planning and programming of the operation and centralized dispatch of power generation in the country to obtain the optimal operation of the National Interconnected System (SIN).

Contributions may be sent until May 20 to the e-mail address: ap027_2011@aneel.gov.br, by fax (55 61) 2192.8839 or to the ANEEL address (SGAN, Quadra 603, Módulo I, Térreo, Protocolo Geral, ZIP CODE . 70830-030), Brasilia (DF). (PG/FA/GL).