Aneel Fast-Tracks Vote on Suspending Consumer Reimbursements Linked to Curtailment
An extraordinary proceeding sets up a precautionary pause pending a potential offset between CCEE balances and compensation owed to curtailed renewables.
Overview
- Director-general Sandoval Feitosa on Jan. 7 requested an extraordinary distribution to assess an immediate halt to certain payments from generators to consumers.
- The case was assigned to director Agnes Costa, and the board can issue a precautionary decision given the urgency.
- Aneel aims to avoid CCEE transfers that may be revised under the new sector law, which provides compensation when curtailment results from external constraints.
- Sector figures indicate about R$4 billion currently directed to consumers via the CCEE, while compensation to curtailed wind and solar is preliminarily estimated near R$3 billion.
- The MME opened a public consultation on Dec. 31 to set compensation rules, and formal requests were exchanged by Feitosa, Secretary-General Daniel Danna, and National Secretary João Daniel Cascalho.