Distributed Generation and the Principle of Legal Certainty

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-v49n2a2021-62606

Keywords:

Renewable energy, Distributed generation, Economic regulation, Sustainable development

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyze the expansion of Distributed Generation in Brazil, starting with Aneel Resolution Number 482/2012, which regulated the implementation of the Electricity Consumption Compensation System. The context of the implementation was analyzed, as well as the questions that came over time, which let to the first Review of the Compensation System and which is under a new Review in 2020, under intense discussion and challenge to reconcile the expansion of the system versus the maintenance or not of the benefits for those who are adept to them. The proposed regulatory change is discussed and analyzed under the prism of the principle of legal certainty. In the end it was concluded that the abrupt change in regulation brings all the signs of a violation of the principle of legal certainty as well as the constitutional principle of environmental preservation, since such changes will decrease expansions and even reduce the practice of decentralized generation in the country, discouraging a conduct that is completely in line with the idea of sustainable development, since it has proved to be much more effective and with less degradation than centralized generation.

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Stefano Dutra Vivenza, Dom Helder Escola de Direito

Mestrando em Direito pela Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara, onde também graduou-se em Dirieto (2019). Graduado em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2005).

Pedro Matos, Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara

Doutorado em Relações Internacionais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (2017), Mestrado em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2013); Graduação em Relações Internacionais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerias (2010), curso de extensão em Cooperação Técnica Internacional pela Universidade Católica de Brasília (2015). Atualmente realiza estágio pós-doutoral no âmbito do Programa Nacional de Pós-Doutorado (PNPD) da CAPES no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara.

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Published

2022-05-17

How to Cite

Dutra Vivenza, S., & Matos, P. (2022). Distributed Generation and the Principle of Legal Certainty. Journal of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Uberlândia, 49(2), 351–370. https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-v49n2a2021-62606

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Vol. 49 No. 2 (2021): Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

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