Transmission Contracts

In 2015, five new Transmission Service Contracts (CPST), 115 new Transmission System Usage Contracts (CUST), 182 new Transmission System Connection Contracts (CCT) and Installations’ Sharing Contracts (CCI) were signed.

Still in 2015, ONS reached the significant milestone of 906 transmission contracts, being 223 CPST and 683 CUST. Among the 115 new contracts of use signedin 2015, 102 were signed by wind power plants, showing how the transmission management has absorbed the wind energy share increase in the Brazilian energy matrix.

Also in that year, the Transmission System Usage Contracts, as well as the processes associated with the settlement of the usage amounts contractedwere adequate to the ANEEL’s Resolution No. 666, published on June 23, 2015, which improved the regulation associated with contracting the use of the transmission system on a permanent, flexible, temporary and reserve capacitybasis, and the forms for establishingthe related charges.