Fonte: ANEEL

Today (4/2), in Presidente Prudente (SP), the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel) complied with one more public hearing phase for the Caiuá Distribuição de Energia S/A concessionaire’s tariff revision, holding a live public session conducted by Agency director Romeu Donizete Rufino. The company supplies electric power to 197.4 thousand consumer units in 24 townships in São Paulo.

The hearing began at 8 am at the Toledo College – Dr. José Cupertino D´Arce amphitheater, located at Praça Raul Furquim, 09, Vila Furquim. Forty people participated in the meeting, including individual consumers, representatives of public and private institutions, unions and the distributor’s Consumer Council. The objective of the hearing was to gather contributions from society regarding Caiuá’s revision process.

Aneel’s proposal projects an average reduction of 9.47% (-9.47%) for the concessionaire’s tariffs. The documents with the concessionaire’s revision proposal have been available at A Aneel/ Audiências/Consultas/Fórum, on the Agency’s home page (www.aneel.gov.br) since last March 6. After analysis of the contributions sent in writing and gathered during the hearing, Aneel will define Caiuá’s final index, which will go into effect next May 10.

In 2008, 36 companies shall undergo the periodic tariff revision process. In 2007, seven distribution concessionaires underwent the revision: Coelce (CE), Eletropaulo (SP), Escelsa (ES), Celpa (PA) and Elektro (SP), Bandeirante (SP) and CPFL Piratininga (SP). In 2009, 17 companies will undergo the process and in 2010 it will be the turn for the final two distributors in the second revision cycle.