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Brazil’s technical staff at the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) has proposed a new electricity billing model called the ‘hora certa’ tariff, which would replace the white tariff (tarifa branca). According to the newspaper O Liberal, the Brazilian newspaper, about 5.7 million low-voltage consumer units could be gradually included between 2028 and 2031.
The proposal, for now, comes from the regulator’s technical staff. It is not yet an enforceable rule.
Low-income units, public lighting and prepaid units are excluded from the new model.
The white tariff, which the new option would replace, is a scheme in which the price of electricity varies according to the time of day. The logic behind models of this kind is to encourage consumption outside periods of highest demand, when the electrical system is under greater strain.
For consumers, the practical effect is that the time of use weighs more heavily on the bill. Those who concentrate their consumption at peak hours may pay more. At home, this applies to habits such as taking hot showers, using an electric oven or running air conditioning precisely during the hours of highest demand for power. Those who can shift some of these activities to other times tend to benefit.
The change could reach millions of homes and also small businesses connected to low voltage, such as shops, bakeries and offices, which will need to assess when they concentrate equipment use.
The responsible bodies still need to detail the transition rules and the procedures for the gradual entry of units into the new model.
Reporting from O Liberal (p. 23, caderno nacional).
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