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for connection to the energy company and to the consumer. The first review, which
took place in 2012, made an important change in the compensation definition for
electricity. It stated that the electricity generated is provided free of charge through
a loan to the local distributor and compensated in the future by the same consumer
unit or by another with the same ownership of the previous one. It holds true whether
it is an individual or a legal entity, regularly established and registered within the
Federal Revenue Service.
The second review, in November 2015, brought more profound modifications. It
changed the range of microgeneration to up to 75 kW, while creating two distinct
categories of mini-generation of electric power: one ranging between 75 kW and
3 MW (for water sources), and another on for less than or equal to 5 MW (for qualified cogeneration or other renewable electricity sources). The 2015 review brought
important news, which included: the project characterization with multiple consumer
units, shared generation and remote self-consumption.
For REN No. 482/2012, enterprises with multiple consumer units are characterized by the use of electricity independently, in which each fraction constitutes a
consumer unit. The service to areas of common use is separate consumer units, and
all consumer units are in the same property or, at least, in contiguous properties,
according to item VI of article 2nd. Shared generation, on the other hand, is characterized by the gathering of consumers, within the same concession or permission
area of an electricity distributor (through a consortium or cooperative, composed of
individuals or legal entities). They have a consumer unit with distributed micro- or
mini-generation in a different place from the consumer units where the electricity
will be compensated, according to item VII of article 2nd, while self-consumption
is characterized by several consumer units with the same ownership as a legal entity,
with headquarters and branch, as well as individuals who have a consumer unit in
a different location from the distributed micro- or mini-generation unit (within the
same concession area or permission where electricity is compensated).
As of the 2015 review, the term for offsetting credits generated by possible
surpluses between energy production and consumption, which was 36 (thirty-six)
months, has changed to 60 (sixty) months. Credits that have not been cleared within
this period will be accounted for reversion in favor of the tariff moderation. The
October 2017 review changed the definition of distributed mini-generation, removing
water sources from those that can be characterized by concentrating generation on
renewable energy sources. As established in article 15 of the 2015 review, until
December 31, 2019, the resolution should undergo a new review. Although not yet
published (until the writing of the article), the main point of the proposed revision
is the application of charging for the costs of using the distribution system, hitherto
exempt from compensation calculations. The justification presented by ANEEL is the
correction of a growing imbalance in the remuneration of these costs to distribution
companies that were being made only by consumers who did not have a distributed
generation system framed in the forms of REN No. 482/2012.
R. de Castro Sobrosa Neto et al.
for connection to the energy company and to the consumer. The first review, which
took place in 2012, made an important change in the compensation definition for
electricity. It stated that the electricity generated is provided free of charge through
a loan to the local distributor and compensated in the future by the same consumer
unit or by another with the same ownership of the previous one. It holds true whether
it is an individual or a legal entity, regularly established and registered within the
Federal Revenue Service.
The second review, in November 2015, brought more profound modifications. It
changed the range of microgeneration to up to 75 kW, while creating two distinct
categories of mini-generation of electric power: one ranging between 75 kW and
3 MW (for water sources), and another on for less than or equal to 5 MW (for qualified cogeneration or other renewable electricity sources). The 2015 review brought
important news, which included: the project characterization with multiple consumer
units, shared generation and remote self-consumption.
For REN No. 482/2012, enterprises with multiple consumer units are characterized by the use of electricity independently, in which each fraction constitutes a
consumer unit. The service to areas of common use is separate consumer units, and
all consumer units are in the same property or, at least, in contiguous properties,
according to item VI of article 2nd. Shared generation, on the other hand, is characterized by the gathering of consumers, within the same concession or permission
area of an electricity distributor (through a consortium or cooperative, composed of
individuals or legal entities). They have a consumer unit with distributed micro- or
mini-generation in a different place from the consumer units where the electricity
will be compensated, according to item VII of article 2nd, while self-consumption
is characterized by several consumer units with the same ownership as a legal entity,
with headquarters and branch, as well as individuals who have a consumer unit in
a different location from the distributed micro- or mini-generation unit (within the
same concession area or permission where electricity is compensated).
As of the 2015 review, the term for offsetting credits generated by possible
surpluses between energy production and consumption, which was 36 (thirty-six)
months, has changed to 60 (sixty) months. Credits that have not been cleared within
this period will be accounted for reversion in favor of the tariff moderation. The
October 2017 review changed the definition of distributed mini-generation, removing
water sources from those that can be characterized by concentrating generation on
renewable energy sources. As established in article 15 of the 2015 review, until
December 31, 2019, the resolution should undergo a new review. Although not yet
published (until the writing of the article), the main point of the proposed revision
is the application of charging for the costs of using the distribution system, hitherto
exempt from compensation calculations. The justification presented by ANEEL is the
correction of a growing imbalance in the remuneration of these costs to distribution
companies that were being made only by consumers who did not have a distributed
generation system framed in the forms of REN No. 482/2012.