Aneel Orders Energy Tariff Cuts in North and Northeast

Overview

• The agency approved the transfers on Tuesday, August 25, and the reductions took effect on Wednesday, August 26 for customers in five states.
• Low‑voltage consumers—households and small businesses—receive the cuts: Rondônia −10.63%, Ceará (average) −5.87% with −6.65% for low voltage, Acre −5.20%, Sulgipe areas −4.63%, and Tocantins −1.36%.
• Aneel used repactuated Uso de Bem Público (UBP) receipts, routed through the CCEE under Law No. 15.235/2025, with preliminary homologations including about R$484.6 million for Enel Ceará and R$44.7 million for Energisa Acre.
• The move focuses relief on residential and small commercial accounts while leaving medium and high‑voltage users largely unchanged and does not remove other upward pressure on tariffs from energy purchase costs and sector charges.
• Separately, Aneel also approved tariff increases for distributors in other regions with residential hikes up to 19.74%, highlighting a regional split in who sees relief and who faces higher bills.