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Brazil electricity market reforms and energy projections

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Brazil’s power sector remains dominated by renewables—about 90% of generation in 2025—yet residential tariffs stay high due to subsidies totaling R$58.4 billion. While Law 15.269/2025 expands the free-contracting market to approximately 85,000 customers, a Bow-e/NeoFeed survey shows 72.6% of respondents wish to choose their own suppliers when the market opens to households in 2028. In August 2026, Following Minister Alexandre Silveira announced that a decree to regulate the opening of the free energy market for low-voltage consumers, including residential and small industrial users, is expected to be signed shortly. This regulatory move aims to allow consumers to select their own suppliers, with the potential to reduce electricity bills by 20% to 22% by November 2028. Following this, Silveira’s August 2026 announcement, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Decree 13.097, which establishes specific deadlines for market access. According 13.097 to Abraceel, regulate market access for low-voltage consumers (below 2.3 kV). The decree establishes a timeline where industrial and commercial consumers will gain access to the free market by November 25, 2027, while and all other consumers will be eligible consumers, including residential users, by November 25, 2028. The decree allows customers served by low voltage (below 2.3 kV) to choose energy suppliers, similar to the telecommunications market. To ensure maintain supply security, the decree establishes creates the ‘Supridor de Última Instância’ (SUI), a last-resort supplier responsible for maintaining role that energy supply if a chosen provider fails. Energy distributors will fulfill this role until the end of 2030, after which other agents may be authorized by Aneel. The decree also addresses digital and intelligent metering to facilitate migration. To address industrial energy needs, 2030. As the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved a resolution transition approaches, industry players are focusing on technological readiness. Armor Energia is investing in July 2026 authorizing artificial intelligence to analyze consumption profiles and develop personalized pricing for the use influx of Petrobras pipelines to transport pre-salt natural gas directly to large industrial new consumers. The Ministry While market maturity is increasing, experts like André Millions Coutinho of Mines Thymos Capital emphasize that success depends on complementary regulations and Energy estimates this could reduce gas prices by up clearer consumer information to 50%. prevent migration confusion. Analysts also caution that price-formation distortions and higher generation costs could potentially limit the expected tariff reductions for households.

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