Gains from energy exported to neighboring countries total BRL 888 mi
Brazil exported 844 average megawatts of electricity to Argentina and Uruguay in 2023. According to the Chamber of Electricity Trading (CCEE), this was the largest volume in the country’s history. The benefit for Brazil was reported to reach BRL 888 million, an amount that helps reduce the cost of production at hydroelectric plants and the impact on tariffs for Brazilian consumers, which are proportional to the total exported.Alexandre Ramos, chairman of CCEE’s Board of Directors, told Agência Brasil that this volume was exported in two phases between January and December 2023, one of them corresponds to the export of energy from the hydroelectric generation of 354 average megawatts, 86 percent of which went to Argentina. The operation, Ramos noted, brought in BRL 106 million in revenues...