Relationship with Agents and Integration of New Installations

In 2015, the number of Agents Associated with ONS reached 363. This number shows the complexity of the Operator's processes and its increasing responsibilities as manager of the network of institutions and installations involved in the BIPS’s operation.

1,508 Terms of Approval,were issued in 2015,for the entry into operation of transmission installations, and 574 Statements of Compliance with the Grid Procedures Requirements for generation installations.

Regarding the total Terms of Approvalissued, there was an increase of about 55% on the figures recorded in 2014. This high percentage is justified for several reasons, including:

• The publication of ANEEL’s REN 454/2011, which expanded ONS’s scope of action;
• It was also noticed a significant increase in the number of transmission agents in the sector and therefore the amount of works’integration processes under monitoring;
• In recent years, the BIPS’sexpansion had as main feature the reinforcementof the transmission system, especiallyof inter-regional interconnections, the addition of new lines to regional systems and the entry into operation of large transmission trunks, including DC, for the exploitation of the country’snorthern region potential.

In 2015, the construction of the New InstallationsIntegration System (SINI)was completed, supporting the monitoring of planned activities in the latest version of the Grid Procedures’Module 24. This new version deals, in addition to the generation and transmission installations, with other types of installations, such as reservoirs, importers / exporters, distributors and free consumers. During the year, working groups were formed, which defined, planned and configured processes regarding generation, transmission, distributors and free consumers in the new tool.

This year, the Data Register for External Relations (CDRE) became the gateway to many of ONS’s systems. The aim is that access to all systems are performed via CDRE in the next year. Groups were also created to send press releases and invitations to technical processesmeetings. Thus, in 2015 there was a considerable increase in requests regarding registration and updating of external users data. CDRE was reference was to elaborate lists to send announcements and convocations, having been used for the convening of the General Assembly and all other communications made by the ONS to the general public.