The Ministry of Mines and Energy launched this Friday (12) a public consultation to review the physical guarantee of energy from hydroelectric plants in Brazil, with values that would come into force on January 1, 2023.
According to the ministry, the process, which is in its final stage, aims to adapt the existing generating park to its effective generation capacity “as a result of natural systemic evolutions”.
The physical guarantee is a parameter that establishes the amount of energy that a generation plant can supply.
It also has a commercial value, given that, through the physical guarantee, it is estimated how much energy an enterprise can sell.
In the case of hydroelectric plants, it also serves to define their share of the Energy Reallocation Mechanism (MRE) — a kind of “condominium” of the plants, in which burdens and bonuses (higher or lower generation) are shared.
According to the rules of the electricity sector, the physical guarantees of the plants must be periodically reviewed every five years.
The calculations are the responsibility of the Energy Research Company (EPE) and follow methodologies and criteria defined by the ministry.
In the last review, carried out in 2017, the calculations indicated the need to adjust the amounts to 38.2 average gigawatts (GWm), compared to about 40.7 GWm in force at the time – that is, a reduction of about 6.14%.
The final adjustment ended up being 4.99%, since the law defines the maximum percentage of 5% for review in each ordinary process.
Source: CNN Brasil
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