This week, the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) sent a letter to the Ministry of Planning and Budget (MPO) asking for the anticipation of the availability of budgetary resources to cover pressured internal expenses.
“If the requested anticipation does not occur, there is a serious risk of critical compromise of Aneel’s activities, making it impossible to fully comply with its legal duties”, says the request from the general director, Sandoval Feitosa, addressed to minister Simone Tebet.
It was specifically requested that Aneel’s commitment limits be brought forward to R$43.3 million until March and R$152.2 million until November. There is a phasing of resource commitment limits (that is, agencies receive the budget gradually throughout the year) every two months. For the entire year, Aneel’s limit is R$177.8 million.
“Expenses are being higher this year. In part, due to the increase in service prices… But, in addition, because some new hires were essential, in order to meet the minimum standards of information security and availability of the technological environment and data, necessary for the proper functioning of the regulated sector”, says the letter.
Aneel’s activities, under impact alert, include hiring related to Information Technology (IT), property maintenance and conservation, travel expenses for inspection teams and possible impact on internal management information systems, for example.
In 2024, with a reduced budget, Aneel needed to withdraw resources from inspection to avoid stopping the system that monitors the country’s main transmission lines. The move was necessary to avoid interrupting the tool responsible for monitoring the performance of 43 thousand kilometers of transmission lines.
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