The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) announced yesterday (28) that it will maintain the green tariff flag in March. There will be no extra charge on the consumer's bill. The flag was the same one applied in February.
According to the agency, the green flag is due to the recovery in reservoir levels, due to the reasonable volume of rainfall in February.
“In February, the main hydroelectric reservoirs of the National Interconnected System (SIN) showed recovery of levels. Although due to the volume of rainfall close to the historical standard for the month.
Favorable Hydrological
The forecast for March is that this favorable hydrological condition will continue, which points to a scenario with a high participation of hydroelectric plants in meeting demand. energy of the SIN, reducing the need to activate the thermoelectric park”, informed Aneel.
According to the agency, the volume of rainfall was reflected in the reduction of the price of energy in the short-term market (PLD) and of the costs related to hydrological risk (GSF). The PLD and the GSF are the two variables that determine the color of the flag to be activated.
Created by Aneel, the tariff flag system signals the real cost of the energy generated, enabling consumers to make good use of electricity.
The operation of the tariff flags has three colors: green, yellow or red (at levels 1 and 2), which indicate whether the energy will cost more or less depending on the generation conditions.
“The resources paid by consumers go to a specific account and are then passed on to energy distributors to offset the extra cost of energy production during periods of drought,” Aneel reported.
Therefore, the additional amount charged on the bill for activating the yellow flag is now R$ 1.34 for every 100 kWh consumed. For the red flag level 1, the additional amount charged is R$ 4.16.
Therefore, for every 100 kWh and at level 2 of the flag, the value is R$ 6.24 per 100 kWh consumed. The green flag has no extra charge.