The Federal Supreme Court (STF) validated, on Thursday (14), in Brasilia, the law that guaranteed the return of amounts paid by consumers in electricity bills.
The Court judged Constitutional Law 14,385/2022, a rule that established the competence of the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) to promote the return of extra amounts paid by the incidence of the Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS) and PIS/PASEP (Social Integration Program and Public Servant Heritage Training Program) on the electricity supply service by 2021.
At the trial, the ministers also set a ten -year prescription period for consumers who intend to request the return of money in court.
The issue was decided from an action filed by the Brazilian Association of Electricity Distributors (Abradee), an entity that questioned the constitutionality of the norm.
In 2021, the Supreme Court decided that the collection of taxes at the level of more than 17% by the states is unconstitutional.
Discount on accounts
Since then, the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) determines to energy distributors the discount on consumer accounts, without the need for legal action.
It is estimated that about R $ 44 billion have already been returned to consumers. This year, approximately $ 5 billion will be discounted.
In July this year, Aneel defined the methodology for the return of credits. The agency has decided that the values will be refunded in the calculated energy tariffs in the next 12 months.
