Guia do mercado livre de energia para consumidores livres e especiais

Abstract

The electrical sector is one of the most strategically assets with regards to economic and social development of a country, which made energy consumption levels become one of the fundamental economic indicator. Over the last years, the electrical sector has passed through several regulatory changes which have been motivated by different kinds of political scenarios. The creation of the Free Contracting Environment (ACL), also known as Free Energy Market, was one of the most significant changes of the sector. This market gave to the Free Consumer, the possibility to negotiate the electrical fees, as well as the supply energy conditions and terms. This new market brought to Brazil conditions to start the process called the Liberalization of the Electrical Sector. Seeing this as one of the major discussion point of the sector, the present paper offers the reader conditions to understand the entirety of the Free Electrical Market. Providing the reader the opportunity to understand the major organizations responsible for free market operation, the Electrical Trading Chamber (CCEE), as well as providing a basic guide for those interested in participating in this market, with the step by step of the process to become an CCEE agent and with the agent scenario after the beginning of his operation at the ACL, including all the right and duties, as well as the economic obligations inherent to this market.