Desafios e Perspectivas para o Setor Elétrico Brasileiro junto aos Leilões de Geração no Ambiente de Contratação Regulada

The Brazilian Electricity Sector currently has about 175 GW of installed power for energy generation allocated within the extensive territorial dimension and its diverse electrical matrix. Several regulatory and governmental bodies study and implement actions to guarantee the energy supply. Electric energy auctions take place every year to contract new concessions for the provision of public energy distribution services. In this work, based on real data collected from the Energy Research Company and the National Electric Energy Agency, mainly, the current consolidated numbers on generation auctions in the Regulated Contracting Environment are addressed, presenting the amount of power to be installed, type of source/power plant, average price, energy sold and financial investments in the captive market. The status of generation projects that have already participated in these auctions and the issue of delays in the start of commercial electric energy operations were also addressed.