Fonte: ANEEL

The Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel) ends today (02/27), in Campinas (SP), the contribution phase for the public hearing for the periodic tariff review of the Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz (CPFL) distributor, started this past January 31^st. The meeting lead by Aneel director Aneel Joísa Campanher Dutra Saraiva is open to the participation of consumers, representatives from public and private institutions, consumer defense entities, class associations and all other civil society organizations. The hearing will have the presence of president director of the Sanitation and Energy Regulatory Agency of the State of São Paulo (Arsesp), Aderbal de Arruda Penteado Júnior.

The preliminary proposal of review for CPFL Paulista foresees an average reduction of 14.02% (-14.02%) for the company’s tariffs. The average negative indexes are resulting from the company’s greater productivity and the lower average cost of capital (which defines the dealers’ remuneration), calculated in the process of tariff review.

The resulting definite index of the hearing process will go in effect on this coming April 8^th, when it will be published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Daily Government Newspaper). The distributor provides electricity for 3.3 million consumer units in 234 cities in the interior of São Paulo.

The documents with the review proposal for the leaser review are available on the link A Aneel/ Audiências/Consultas/Fórum, on the agency’s electronic page (www.aneel.gov.br), since the past January 31^st. The period for sending written contributions by those interested ended yesterday (02/26).

The tariff review is foreseen in the concession contracts with the purpose of obtaining the balance of tariffs based on the remuneration of the companies’ investments aimed towards distribution service rendering and expense coverage effectively recognized by Aneel. It is applied to the distribution leasers every four years, on average.

This year, 36 distribution leasers will go through the second cycle of tariff review. In 2009, there will be 17 distribution leasers. Two more companies will be submitted to reviews in 2010. In 2007, seven distribution leasers went through the process: Coelce (CE), Eletropaulo (SP), Escelsa (ES), Celpa (PA) , Elektro (SP), Bandeirante (SP) and CPFL Piratininga (SP).