Flaviopédia Português
Cheaper Brazil

A simpler and cheaper electricity bill

you pay for the energy, not for charges you do not understand

Proposes simplifying the electricity bill, gradually reducing the CDE and incentivized sources, keeping the social tariff and reducing taxes on electricity and fuels.

In the program: [p. 31] · Translated by Flaviopédia from the official Portuguese text; the Portuguese quote is authoritative. Read the original in Portuguese

What the program says

Few Brazilians can explain their own electricity bill, and it is not for lack of attention. The bill has become a jumble of charges, cross-subsidies and acronyms that nobody can decipher: consumers pay for the energy they used and also pay for a series of bills that are not theirs. We will simplify the electricity bill, rationalizing charges and cross-subsidies, and promote the gradual reduction of the CDE (Energy Development Account) and of incentivized sources, keeping the social tariff for those who need it most. We will reduce taxes on electricity and fuels, seek energy security at the lowest possible price for consumers and regulate the various sources with a single north star: the lowest final price for those who pay the bill. Cheaper energy shows up at the end of the month: it is the bill that fits the budget, the shower the family turns on without fear, the bakery that does not pass the cost on to the bread and the factory that does not have to lay people off to pay for electricity. [p. 31]

In plain language

  • The text states that the electricity bill has become a set of charges, cross-subsidies and acronyms that are hard to understand, and that consumers also pay for bills that are not theirs.
  • It proposes simplifying the electricity bill, rationalizing charges and cross-subsidies, and gradually reducing the CDE and incentivized sources.
  • It provides for keeping the social tariff for those who need it most.
  • It provides for reducing taxes on electricity and fuels.
  • It provides for seeking energy security at the lowest possible price and regulating the different energy sources with one goal: the lowest final price for those who pay the bill.

What is not in the program

  • It does not explain what the CDE is nor which incentivized sources would be affected.
  • It does not state the pace or the timeline of the gradual reduction.
  • It does not specify which charges and cross-subsidies would be rationalized.
  • It does not say which taxes on electricity and fuels would be reduced nor by how much.
  • It gives no estimate of how much the electricity bill would fall and does not detail the criteria for the social tariff.