Estudo do mercado de energia elétrica no ambiente de contratação livre.

Abstract

The reform of the electricity sector initiated after the institutional crisis of the 1990s limited the state’s performance and created a scenario of free competition. In this new economic scenario, the free energy market, an environment that makes possible the commercialization of electric energy in an efficient and competitive way, is evident. Indirectly, captive consumers participate in this market, since the distributors acquire electric energy through the auctions regulated by ANEEL and only pass on the costs to customers in the concession area. Entrepreneurs, in most cases captive customers, choose to become free consumers and buy energy directly from the generators, in order to reduce production costs and avoid common increases in distributors’ tariffs. This work seeks to present the rules and procedures associated with the commercialization of electric energy in a general way. Knowing the risks, the operation and the costs associated to the free and captive market of energy, a comparative analysis is performed between the hiring environments, presenting the values relative to the purchase of electric energy in each of them.