Fonte: ANEELThe Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel) approved today (01/06), in a board of directors meeting, the perfecting and the updating of Normative Resolution nº 350/99 which establishes the procedures for planning, forming, processing and management of the Fossil Fuel Consumption Bill (CCC)* of the Isolated Systems**. The purpose of this updating is to reduce the value of the CCC and the impace of this charge on the consumers’ electricity bills.
The main perfection approved is the reimbursement of the fuels limited to the prices disclosed by the National Petroleum Agency (Agência Nacional do Petróleo – ANP). This change seeks to adjust the price of fuels paid by the CCC to those practiced in the market. With the new rule, the reimbursement of costs with fuel will be limited to the price of the fuel without ICMS (Value-Added Tax on Sales and Services) published by ANP. If Eletrobrás had practiced the values on the ANP table last year, it would have provided savings of R$ 960 million in the CCC accounts in 2008.
Another important perfection is that which has to do with the limits for specific consumption of the generating units. With the new rule, the specific consumption should be the lesser value between: the average values available in the Operational Data Collection Systems; the limit published by Aneel and the value agreed to in the electricity purchase and sale contract.
At last, the updating of the standard seeks to give greater transparency to account rendering about the CCC. Starting with the publication of this resolution, Eletrobrás shall submit to Aneel a report proposal to be made available by the 15th of each month at its electronic address on the internet. The document should contain the following information: expected and verified thermal generation; expected and verified fuel consumption; specific monthly consumption; sums of fuels effectively reimbursed by CCC; verified fuel prices; Equivalent Hydraulic Energy values; expected and verified hydraulic generation; expected and actual expenses with subrogation and balance.
CCC represents approximately 4% of the electricity bill tariffs. This alteration of the standard may promote the reduction of approximately 1% of this impact on the bills of Brazilian consumers.
*Fuel Consumption Bill (CCC):is a charge that subsides the purchase of fuel used for generation power by thermal electric mills which serve isolated communities, mainly in the North region. The Conta, instituted by Law nº 5899/1973 is collected in monthly installments by the distribution dealers and by free consumers. Paid by all the power consumers in the country, CCC is one of the tariff cost items.
** Isolated Systems:are electric systems for the transmission of power installed mainly in the country’s North region, and not part of the National Interconnected System. The generation based on thermoelectric plants that use diesel oil as fuel.
