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The auction of electricity transmission lines carried out today (28) by the National Electric Power Agency (Aneel) has benefited from a haircut average of 55.26%. He has been the biggest negative of the past 20 years, the agency said. This represents savings of R $ 14.184 billion for consumers.
"The income of the contractors who have won the concession to exploit these lots will be lower than the initial forecasts, contributing to a low tariff", according to André Pepitone da Nobrega, director of Aneel
The Indian company Sterlite Power Grid bought six lots, among which the 3 and 7, the most extensive, involving the states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe and Bahia. On the investment of 6 billion reais, the company is responsible for 60.59%, or 3.641 billion reais. Sterlite earned R $ 281 million out of $ 450 million contracted
Sterlite Power Grid's CEO, Pratik Arawal, pointed to the favorable Brazilian regulatory environment in the energy sector for broad participation in Auction. "We won two lots in April, a lot in December and now six lots, and we're happy to say that the two prizes we won in April are already well ahead of schedule," he said. guaranteeing the delivery of the lots sold today.
For Nóbrega, the important discount can be explained by competitiveness. On average, 11 bidders participated in each lot. He recalled that there are special conditions that are considered to define the PCR. "We evaluated the special conditions of the moment, parallel to the previous auction: the dollar was R $ 3.30 now, it is R $ 3.80, we are in a moment of low interest." Aneel pointed out that 39 in December there should be the next auction with the forecast of 15 billion R $ investment and the provision of nearly 7 thousand kilometers of technology lines. "
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Edition : Fábio Mbadalli
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