Fonte: ANEEL
The Board of the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL) has approved today (May 14), during a Public Meeting of the Board, the additional amount of the Annual Revenue Allowed (RAP) of R$ 546,796.85 to Eletrosul Centrais Elétricas S.A. – Eletrosul. This resource will cover the costs of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) for the 525 kV busbar interconnection module, of Itá Substation, located in Rio Grande do Sul.

After the RAP additional amount was defined, the total amount Eletrosul should have received between Oct. 1st, 2007 and Dec. 31st, 2012 was calculated, based on the IGPM update, as established in Concession Agreement nº 057/2001, before it was extended.

Itá substation was transferred to Eletrosul by Tractebel Energia S.A and, in February 2011, Eletrosul requested the regularization of the additional amount of RAP. (PG/DB)

*Reference Annual Revenue Allowed(RAP) –the annual revenue the transmission company will have right to for providing the public service of transmission to users, starting when the plant begins its commercial operations. This value is obtained as a result of the auction, with annual correction using the Extended National Consumer Price Index(IPCA) of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with revision every five years, according to provisions in the concession agreement.