The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) confirmed this Friday (30) the maintenance of the tariff flag in the month of February. As a result, there will be no additional costs charged on the consumer’s energy bill.
“In general, the rains were more favorable in the last 15 days of January, compared to the first fortnight of this month, with a recovery in the level of the reservoirs of the plants in the Southeast, Center-West, Northeast and North regions. This way, it will not be necessary to dispatch the more expensive thermoelectric plants”, said Aneel.
According to the calendar published by the regulatory agency, on February 27th the definition of the flag to be applied in March will be published.
Extra costs
Created in 2015 by Aneel, the tariff flag system reflects the variable costs of generating electricity. Divided into colors, the flags indicate how much it is costing the National Interconnected System (SIN) to generate the energy used in homes, commercial establishments and industries.
Each month, the operating conditions of the electrical energy generation system are reassessed by the National Electrical System Operator (ONS), which defines the best energy generation strategy to meet demand and outlines a forecast of costs to be covered by the Flags.
Therefore, the colors of the tariff flags are defined based on the forecast variation in the cost of energy each month. When the electricity bill is calculated using the green flag, there is no increase. When the red or yellow flags are applied, the bill increases for every 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed.
Annually, at the end of the wet season, in April, Aneel defines the value of the Tariff Flags for the following cycle.
The amounts charged are as follows: in the yellow flag, with less favorable generation conditions, the tariff increases by R$1.88 for every 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed; in the red flag, in Level 1, with more expensive generation conditions, the tariff increases by R$ 4.46 for 100 kilowatt-hour kWh consumed.
In the red flag, at Level 2, generation conditions are even more costly. As a result, the tariff increases by R$7.87 for every 100 kilowatt-hour kWh consumed.
