Electric bill: Low-income families will pay less in February

Vulnerable people will have the cheapest electricity bill in February. The National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) announced last Friday (28) that it will apply the green flag to beneficiaries of the Social Electricity Tariff this month. Check the details now!

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How to get the social tariff on the energy bill?

Registration will be carried out automatically, so it will not be necessary to take documents to the electricity distributor. People covered by the social tariff will be those who meet the following requirements:

• Are enrolled in the Single Registry (CadÚnico) with per capita income of up to half a minimum wage (R$ 606) per person;
• The green flag will also be valid for families that receive up to three minimum wages, if there is one. someone with a disability or illness who frequently needs energy-consuming appliances electrical;
• In addition, people with disabilities and seniors aged 65 or over who are beneficiaries of the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) will also be included and covered by the green flag.

How does the green flag work?

The tariff flag system was created by ANEEL. There are three colors (yellow, red or green), which indicate whether the energy will cost more or less, according to the generation conditions.

Thus, in the green flag there are no increases in the energy tariff, while in the yellow flag there is an addition of R$ 0.010 for each kilowatt-hour (kWh) consumed. As for the red flag, the increase is R$ 0.030 for each kWh.

Flag facing the situation of water scarcity

The Ministry of Mines and Energy created the flag of water scarcity in order to meet the costs of energy production in periods of water crisis. For this reason, it is already defined that this will be the flag in force until the month of April for other consumers. Therefore, there will be an increase of R$ 14.20 for every 100 kWh consumed.

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