Brazil is about to make a decision that, depending on the result, may cost Brazilians and aggravate the climate crisis. On May 27th, the National Congress will be able to vote for one of the most relevant guidelines for Brazil’s energy, environmental and economic future.
It is the analysis of the presidential vetoes to the Offshore Wind Law (Law 15.097/2025), which originally aimed to regulate the use of a new clean source of energy, but was disfigured during parliament with the inclusion of so-called “jabutis”-foreign provisions that extend contracts and grant incentives to coal and gas natural.
These excerpts were correctly vetoed by the Presidency of the Republic, and now the text returns to Congress, who is to decide between keeping the vetoes and protecting Brazilian society, or giving in to punctual interests and imposing a historical setback that will cost us expensive in every way.
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The overthrow of these vetoes can cause a direct financial impact of about $ 20 billion per year on electricity bills by 2050, according to data from PSR consultancy. This also translates, according to PSR, an increase of approximately 9% in electricity tariffs, and in severe effects on the cost of life of the population: high of 6.4% in the price of school supplies, 4% on bread and 3.2% in the basic basket. It is an energy inflation that especially penalizes the most vulnerable and compromises the competitiveness of national industry.
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Environmental impacts are equally unacceptable. The reincclusion of the vetoed devices would lead to an additional emission of about 250 million tons of Co₂, according to the National Consumer Front, contrary to climate commitments made by Brazil – precisely on the eve of COP 30, the largest climate conference on the planet. Strengthening by law dirty and outdated sources compromises the advancement of Brazilian energy transition, disorganizes the planning of the electricity sector and imposes an unjustifiable inflation on society.
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What message will Brazil send to the international community by adopting this setback in the same year in which it promises to globally lead the energy transition? The overthrow of vetoes would be a demonstration of inconsistency, which would check our credibility and ability to attract international investments. The world advances to a low carbon economy. To insist on the opposite path is to give up a competitive, clean and safe future.
It’s time to make a decision based on data, responsibility and vision of the future. Given this, Fiemg launched the “Dirty Energy, High Energy” campaign to alert society and mobilize the National Congress. The overthrow of the vetoes would mean leading Brazil to a scenario of more inflation, more pollution, less competitiveness and non -compliance with environmental goals.
The question that is imposed is: Which side of the story do we want to be? On the pollution side, the most expensive electricity bill, the environmental regression? Or on the side of clean, accessible, efficient and committed to future generations? We trust that parliamentarians will know how to recognize the severity of the moment and vote consciously, keeping the vetoes and reaffirming Brazil’s commitment to a sustainable future.
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Brazil has all the conditions to lead the world energy transition. We have natural resources, technology, technical knowledge and a history of protagonism in renewable energy. But this leadership will only be consolidated if we make the right choices, with courage, consistency and responsibility. Keeping the vetoes to the Offshore wind law is to protect Brazil. It is to ensure a clean electric matrix, a competitive industry and a fairer and more sustainable country for the next generations.
