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Decree No. 10.221 creating the National Programme for Universal Access to and Use of Electric Energy in the Legal Amazon, called "Mais Luz para a Amazônia".

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Energy
Keyword
Policy/planning Subsidy/incentive Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Poverty Less favoured areas Energy conservation/energy production Environmental planning
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree creates the National Programme for Universal Access to and Use of Electric Energy in the Legal Amazon, so called "More Light for the Amazon" (Mais Luz para a Amazônia) with the purpose of providing electricity to the Brazilian population living in remote regions of the Legal Amazon. The beneficiaries of the Programme are families and their socioeconomic support units as well as other consumer units located in the following areas: remote regions of the Legal Amazon that have not yet had access to the public electricity service; and remote regions of the Legal Amazon that have non-renewable electricity source generation. The priorities for the service are: low-income families enrolled in the Federal Government's Registry for Social Programmes; families benefiting from federal, state or municipal government programmes that aim at social and economic development; rural settlements, indigenous communities, quilombola territories and other communities located in extractive reserves or directly impacted by electricity generation or transmission; schools, health posts and community water wells; and families residing in conservation units.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.planalto.gov.br

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No. 10.438 creating the Programme of incentives for Alternative Energy Resources (Proinfa) and the Account of Energetic Development.

Legislation | Brazil | 2002 (2020)

Keyword: Public health, Social protection, Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Decree No. 7.520 creating the National Programme of Electric Energy Globalisation for All “Luz para Todos”.

Legislation | Brazil | 2011 (2018)

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental standards, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX