Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural
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Abstract

MARIOTONI, Carlos Alberto and MAUAD, Frederico Fábio. Comparação entre os cenários energéticos brasileiros e portugueses considerando-se a implantação de PCH's - pequenas centrais hidrelétricas. In Proceedings of the 3. Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural, 2000, Campinas (SP, Brazil) [online]. 2003 [cited 26 April 2024]. Available from: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000022000000200016&lng=en&nrm=iso> .

Both the Brazilian and the Portuguese energy systems have been subject of several transformations along the last years. That happened mainly because the re-definition of the electric sectors what makes possible the flexibility of the energy commercialization. There is another important point to be mentioned what is related to the end of the market monopoly before established by ELETROBRAS - Brazilian Electricity Generation Board and by EDP - Electricity of Portugal, determining a new relationship among the energy produces and consumers. A free market law to the energy sellers and buyers has been introduced. Therefore the businessman have been stimulated to invest in new energy sources and new energy power plants to get bigger profits as well as the consumers have been pushed to fight for lower prices and better qualities. Both the Brazilian and Portuguese Governments must keep the decision power to establish the national energy plans to get the country economic targets and to avoid the economic abuses and cartelisation. The discussion presented aims to analyze the importance of the small hydroelectric power plants in both the Brazilian and the Portuguese electric systems considering the economic aspects and the social and ambiental impacts. The recent modifications established by both national agencies of energy regulations: ANEEL(Brazil) National Agency of Electrical Energy and INAG(Portugal) - National Institute of Water, have been discussed in this paper.

Keywords : Energia e Meio Ambiente; Legislação e Regulação Pequenas Centrais Hidrelétricas; Cenários Energéticos; Energia Alternativa.