The value of the electricity bill will fall to more than 1.1 million consumer units in 74 municipalities in Mato Grosso do Sul. This Tuesday morning (2), the board of directors of Aneel (National Electric Energy Agency) approved the average reduction of -1.61% in the Energisa MS electricity tariff.
This annual tariff adjustment comes into force on April 8, 2024. For high voltagethe reduction will be -3.65%. For low tension – which encompasses residential, commercial and rural classes, adjustment downwards -0.84%.
“Today we will have an adjustment to reduce. That hasn’t happened for a long time. It’s historic!” This statement comes from the president of Concen/MS (Consumer Council of the Energisa MS Concession Area), Rosimeire Costa, who highlighted the IGP-M (General Price Index – Market) as the main factor that contributed to the reduction in energy tariffs. electrical.
According to FGV IBRE (Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas), the value of the IGP-M in the last 12 months has accumulated a drop of -4.26%.
The rapporteur’s vote also highlighted two financial items that most impacted the negative value of the adjustment:
- neutrality of sectoral charges, with an effect of -1.26%, given the 7.52% growth in the billed market observed in the reference period;
- reversal of PIS and Cofins credits, with an effect of -2.36%, considering the remaining value of R$ 104.6 million, out of a total of R$ 433.2 million (including taxes on operations) used by the concessionaire between July/2022 and February/2024.
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