Overview

• The measure guarantees a full bill exemption up to 80 kWh per month for CadÚnico families earning up to half a minimum wage per person, BPC beneficiaries, and registered Indigenous, quilombola, and isolated‑system households.
• Families in the transitional band—per‑capita income between half and one minimum wage with consumption up to 120 kWh—will have the CDE portion of the bill waived starting in January, a charge that is about 12% of a typical bill.
• Under the new structure, a beneficiary using roughly 150 kWh in a month would receive about a 60% discount, compared with around 10% previously.
• Government figures cite about 60 million people receiving full exemption and another 55 million getting discounts, with implementation nationwide continuing under the now‑sanctioned law.
• Congress approved the conversion text in September after the policy took effect via provisional measure in July, and the government highlights the move’s broad social impact one year before the 2026 election.