After five months, electricity bills will return to the green tariff in October

Electricity bills will return in October to the green tariff flag, with no additional charges, the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) announced this Friday (25).

The tariff flag will come back into effect after five months of the yellow flag, which has an additional cost of R$ 1.885 for every 100 kWh consumed.

According to Aneel, the return of the green flag is due to the increase in rainfall, especially in the South and Southeast regions, which stabilizes storage in the reservoirs of hydroelectric plants.

The regulatory agency explains that, for this reason, it will be possible to reduce the use of more expensive energy sources, such as fuel-based thermoelectric plants.

Created in 2015 by Aneel, the tariff flag system reflects the variable costs of electricity generation. Divided into colors, the flags indicate how much it is costing the National Interconnected System (SIN) to generate the energy used in homes, commercial establishments, and industries.

Therefore, the colors of the tariff flags are defined based on the forecast variation in the cost of energy each month. When the electricity bill is calculated under the green flag, there is no additional charge. When the red or yellow flags are applied, the bill increases for every 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed.

See the tariff flag amounts

• green flag: no additional charge;
• yellow flag: an increase of R$ 1.88 for each 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed;
• red flag, at Level 1: an increase of R$ 4.46 for every 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed;
• red flag, at Level 2: an increase of R$ 7.87 for each 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed.