Socioeconomic analysis of incentive public policies for the use of renewable energy per consumer class in Brazil

Abstract

This work presents the application of an economic model of the electricity market for evaluation of social policies to encourage the use of renewable energy sources in Brazil. With this model it is possible to represent the economic flows of the regulated electricity company and the consumer, resulting in quantitative measurements of consumption, income, price and quality, items needed for the evaluation of socioeconomic policies. The employed methodology will lead to an economic macro analysis of these policies for different classes of residential consumption. As a result, it will be established a connection between the type of consumer and the best incentive policy to be adopted, in order to evaluate its ability to promote socioeconomic welfare and to encourage the effective use of renewable energy sources in microgeneration for different scenarios.