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DATA : 26/07/2021
HORA: 09:00
LOCAL: Sala virtual https://conferenciaweb.rnp.br/webconf/sala-publica-pgenam
TÍTULO:

Regulatory Policies Evaluation for Distributed Generation in
the Brazilian Electricity Sector.

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Legal Framework of the Electricity Sector; Distributed Generation; Energy
Transition; Energy Communities; Brazilian Energy Sector; Photovoltaics.

PÁGINAS: 320
GRANDE ÁREA: Outra
ÁREA: Fontes Alternativas de Energia
RESUMO:

ABSTRACT

Distributed generation (GD) has a relevant role to play in the electrical matrix as a vector for
the optimization of the distribution network, through the insertion of local generation as a way
to reduce electrical losses, relieve the load of the National Interconnected System (SIN) and
engage end users in implementing the energy transition to a low-carbon society. Among
distributed renewable sources, photovoltaic (PV) has represented almost the entire installed
power capacity in recent years. GD FV also stands out for its high rate of job creation in the
installation, decreasing costs and for being located close to the place of consumption, not
requiring large areas or long transmission lines for its implementation. In Brazil, the insertion
of DG has been occurring almost exclusively through the energy compensation system (SCE),
which is showing limits and signs of exhaustion, as it is based on a cross subsidy that benefits
its users in detriment of the general system and regular users, in addition do not encouraging
the contemporaneity between energy production and consumption, since it uses the storage
potential of the SIN. The legal framework of the Brazilian Electric Sector (SEB) is in the
process of being reformed and specific proposals on the SCE are being debated in the National
Congress. This paper aims to analyze the current legal framework and the proposed under
discussion, especially those presented by the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) and
bills n. 5,829/2019 and 2,215/2020 to propose regulatory changes that can accelerate the energy
transition of the SEB, through the integration of the DG in a more coordinated and cost-effective
way than currently carried out. The method used is qualitative, descriptive and exploratory.
Extensive bibliographical and documentary research was carried out, as well as interviews and
questionnaires with experts, agents in the electricity sector and interested parties. As objects of
field research, two pilot projects for community generation in low-income housing were
chosen, one in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil and the other in Bologna, Italy. To interpret the data
collected, the method of content analysis and regulatory impact, the functional method of
comparative law and data triangulation were used. The results of the study point to the need for
innovations in the social, policy-regulatory and governance dimensions to improve the legal
framework of the electricity sector, optimizing the economic, social and environmental
opportunities generated by the insertion of the DG and achieving the energy transition in Brazil.
It is proposed: (i) that sector reform seeks to consolidate regulation through higher-ranking
legal norms; (ii) the construction of a GD insertion model that favors the instantaneous and
collective self-consumption of locally generated renewable energies in a strategic and
coordinated manner, prioritizing its integration in specific points of the distribution network,
enabling the maximization of its potential benefits. (iii) the reform of the Public Call Institute
(ICP) to allow the appropriation of part of the economic benefits obtained with the hiring by
the distribution network managers, (iv) the creation of new modalities of insertion of the DG,

which prioritize the coincidence between generation and consumption, such as Collective Self-
Consumption (ACC) and Local Energy Communities (CELs), improving the current SCE. It

also demonstrates the importance of technical assistance and the role of distribution
concessionaires in relation to such initiatives.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 286723 - EDNILDO ANDRADE TORRES
Externo ao Programa - 286643 - CELSO LUIZ BRAGA DE CASTRO
Externo à Instituição - FRANCISCO LIMA CRUZ TEIXEIRA - UFBA
Externo à Instituição - GILBERTO DE MARTINO JANNUZZI - UNICAMP
Externo à Instituição - MARCELO SANTANA SILVA - IFBA
Externo à Instituição - VINCENZO TORRETTA
Externo à Instituição - WILSON NEGRÃO MACÊDO - USP
Externo à Instituição - Oswaldo dos Santos Lucon - USP