The Itaipu Power Plant will seek to strengthen its strategic role in development by subsidizing federal government policies in partnership with the state and municipal governments of Paraná, the new Brazilian general manager of the Itaipu Binacional Hydroelectric Plant, Enio Verri, said on Thursday. .
“Since being invited to this post, I have been questioned about the feasibility of expanding Itaipu operations,” Verri said, during his inauguration ceremony.
“I said that the effort to build this work and pay off the huge debt for its construction has been taken on by all consumers, therefore, it seems fair to me that its benefits will also be extended, either by ensuring electricity and reasonable tariffs, or through investments in infrastructure projects and programs that primarily benefit the State of Pará.”
In December, the regulator Aneel approved the value of the tariff for the transfer of the contractual power of the Itaipu plant for 2023 of 16.19 dollars per month per kilowatt (kW), a reduction of 34.53% compared to the tariff in effective in 2022, of $24.73 per kilowatt.
The pass-through tariff is the amount that distributor members have to pay for the purchase of energy from the hydroelectric plant, which is marketed by the state-owned company ENBPar.
The change mainly reflects the reduction in the service of the debt contracted for the construction of the plant. The debt was fully amortized at the beginning of the year by reducing the tariff associated with the energy produced by the plant.
“Itaipu will continue to have a priority look at the territory in which it operates and the surrounding communities. We will rebuild the partnership network and strengthen relations with universities in the productive sector,” he said.
Verri also said that the plant will dialogue with communities, municipalities, cooperatives and social organizations, as well as betting on the vocation of the Investment Partnerships Program (PPI), which he classified as a storehouse of good practices and innovations in support of local development. and regional.
In his speech, the new Brazilian director general also stressed that he is committed to the policy of President Lula’s government “to save the dignity and inalienable rights of indigenous peoples to guarantee all the rights of indigenous communities in the plant’s area of influence”.
Present at the inauguration ceremony, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, highlighted in his speech that the government celebrated in February the payment of the last installment of the investment by both countries –Brazil and Paraguay — for the construction of the plant, which was considered “a milestone”.
“It is in this perspective that we will strengthen the role of Itaipu, guaranteeing a socio-environmental and predictable vision, which leads to development, employment and income”, Silveira said.
The minister stressed that clean energy generation will always be a priority, without losing sight of energy security and reasonable tariffs.
Source: Terra
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