Regulatory model for micro and mini-generation distributed in Brazil: conditions for updating the current rules

Distributed energy generation is growing at an accelerated level in Brazil. This scenery induces to an economic imbalance on the distributors, requiring a new tariff model that captures those effects. For this aim, the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) purpose five alternatives tariff models to update the current Brazilian regulatory model (micro and mini-generation). This article aims to identify the main actors involved in the change process, highlighting the impacts that can affect those scenarios. The results show that the scenario choosed by ANEEL it is the most conflicting and its adopting will discourage the distributed generation.