Abstract
This paper presents an evaluation of public policies for fare social tariffs of electricity in Brazil by using an economic model of the electricity market (TAROT-Optimized Tariff) that represents the regulated market of distribution of electrical energy. It was considered the scenario of an increasing number of prosumers (residential consumers who self-generate energy) in two of the five major regions of Brazil which have quite different socioeconomic characteristics. However, the current electricity regulation is the same for all concessionaires. In this work a new public policy is proposed, allowing the use of regulation in a different way aiming for a best result for Brazil and particularly for the poor population that today are not able to enjoy the benefits of electricity due to high tariff values. It is also discussed how this can contribute in a positive way to improve the income distribution in these regions, which is evaluated by using the GINI index.
Highlights
The Brazilian energy market is regulated by ANEEL (Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency) which has established the tariff calculation procedures for all distribution companies in the country.The premises followed by ANEEL ideally aim fair tariffs for consumers and for the electricity companies
The percentage of low-income consumers is less than 9% as shown in Figure 11, and all public policies applied had an improvement in GINI index despite the small drop in the socioeconomic welfare (Figure 14)
This paper has presented an evaluation of public policies for fair social tariffs of electricity in Brazil by using an economic market model
Summary
The Brazilian energy market is regulated by ANEEL (Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency) which has established the tariff calculation procedures for all distribution companies in the country. The premises followed by ANEEL ideally aim fair tariffs for consumers and for the electricity companies. Public policies are designed to make sure that the population will have access to electrical energy and the regulatory contractual requirements will be guaranteed for the concessionaires [1]
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