CEO’s Message

Every commitment to the management of the Brazilian Interconnected Power System - BIPS

Once more, the fulfillment of our duties in the management of the Brazilian Interconnected Power System operation required the total dedication of the technical staff of the operator and the intense relationship with all the institutions participating in themanagement of the Brazilian electric power sector.

Attention remained focused on the supply conditions in both short and mid-term. We faced the ongoing water crisis, seeking to ensure the supply to consumers with security and the lowest possible cost. Keeping this objective in mind, the operational policies considered the recovery of headwater reservoirs of the major river basins, the usage of the transmission network for the exchange of large energy blocks among the Southern and Northern Regions to the Southeastern / Midwestern and Northeastern Regions, full usage of the thermoelectric park existing most of the year and the need for relaxation of constraints system to face the shortage of resources and to ensure operating conditions of the hydroelectric park. In this context, the decisions involved the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Ministry of Environment, IBAMA, the Ministry of National Integration, the regulatory agencies ANEEL and ANA, and all agents involved.

Among the long-term projects, it can be highlighted: the studies for complete usage of the Madeira River Complex energy availability, as well as the challenge to enable the field testing of this complex’s Bipole 2; the studies for the integration of Teles Pires and Belo Monte plants to the BIPS; the operational measures implemented to improve the operation of the Tucuruí-Manaus-Macapá interconnection; the supply to Manaus and Macapá, Acre and Rondôniasystems, more recently integrated into the BIPS, the continuity of the implementation of ONS’s Electric Power Management Network (REGER); and the differentiated treatment of the installations considered strategic, in order to minimize the effects of multiple contingencies in the transmission system.

Still, it can also be highlighted the effort together with the Agents in order to receive phasor measurementsdata from the PMUs deployed in their installations. This integration between ONS and the Agents enabled to receive phasor measurementsonline, which served as input for the analysis of occurrences in the BIPS and solidified the usage of PMUs at ONS even more. Also in 2015, bidding process for the acquisition of data concentrators and associated applications was resumed.

ONS, as coordinator of the 2016 Olympics Task Force, in 2015, reviewed and updated studies and analyses to identify the actions neededto ensure the electric power supply to the host city of Rio de Janeiro and additional soccer games host cities, Brasília, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador and Manaus, followingdifferentiatedsecurity standards, as the ones adopted at special events, in line with the criteria established by the International Olympic Committee - IOC.

It is important to highlight ONS’s performance through the Working Groups onSupply to several States, with the involvement of local Authorities and the Agents involved in order to consider and analyze the entry into operation of the transmission works aiming at ensuring the supply to these States.

One of the key factors to achieve these results was the successful collaboration of all the institutions taking part in the energy power sector management: the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL) and additional regulatory agencies, the Energy Research Company (EPE), the Chamber of Electric Energy Commercialization (CCEE), the State Energy Departments, each of the 363 associate members and the Associations that represent them.

In the corporate area, it was sought to ensure the sustainability of the Operator by investing in programs for the appreciation of technical knowledge, interpersonal relationships and improving theteamworkqualification. Careful management of the Operator’sfinancial resources policy was continued, with the implementation of all activities and priority projects.

Finally, on behalf of ONS’s Board, I thank all who make up ONS, for their valuable contribution to the results achieved by the organization.

 

 

Hermes Chipp

General Director and CEO