The ONS annually prepares its Action Plan for the next three budget cycles, in order to ensure appropriate technical and business conditions to meet its responsibilities in the coordination and control of the operation of generation and transmission of electric power from the BIPS, under the supervision and regulation of ANEEL.

The Action Plan is structured in accordance with the strategic orientations, as well as programs and related projects, considering the following aspects:

• The strategic goals and their challenges and priority actions;
• The expenditures for their respective programs and projects to be developed in the period, continuing the constant improvement and updating of the operator in terms of technology, business processes and its technical procedures;
• Guidelines for preparation of work for each area of the Operator programs.

The strategic objectives approved by the Board for the cycle are:

I. Arrange the resources to manage the electroenergetic security of the BIPS.
II. Increase the capacity for prevention and management of crisis situations.
III. Improve performance as manager of networks of agents and their facilities.
IV. Improve management capacity for the full exercise of purposive functions.
V. Gain recognition for the results and benefits achieved.

To achieve the strategic objectives, the Action Plan includes a current portfolio of 34 projects, grouped into nine programs.

Among the results achieved during the year 2013, the following projects should be highlighted:

• Move to the new ONS installations in Florianopolis, Recife and Rio de Janeiro.
• Attainment Project REGER, energy management system for installation in Operation Centers of the ONS system.
• Development of the basic design of the transmission system of Belo Monte.
• Evolution of Corporate Education Program.
• Development of load forecasting for energy system studies.