Regulatory agencies are government bodies that oversee and regulate services and products of public interest — such as electricity — playing a fundamental role in analyzing market data, creating and enforcing disciplinary norms, overseeing companies, managing public service concession contracts, and encouraging competition to improve services.
The National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) is the body responsible for regulating and overseeing the generation, transmission, distribution, and commercialization of electric energy in Brazil. It is an autonomous agency created in 1996, linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and also handles and mediates complaints and conflicts of interest between agents and consumers.
To decentralize part of its activities, ANEEL has established cooperation agreements with accredited state regulatory agencies. The activities that have been decentralized mainly cover the oversight and support of the regulation of electrical services and installations.
The agencies partnered with ANEEL for the decentralization of activities are:
- ADASA – Regulatory Agency for Water, Energy, and Sanitation of the Federal District
- AGEAC – Regulatory Agency for Public Services of the State of Acre
- ARSAM – Regulatory Agency for Granted Public Services of the State of Amazonas
- ARCON-PA – Regulation and Control Agency for Public Services of the State of Pará
- ARSAP – Regulatory Agency for Delegated Services of the State of Amapá
- ARSEMA – Regulatory Agency for Public Services of Maranhão
- AGRESPI – Regulatory Agency for Delegated Public Services of the State of Piauí
- ARCE – Regulatory Agency for Delegated Public Services of the State of Ceará
- ARSEP – Regulatory Agency for Public Services of Rio Grande do Norte
- ARPB – Regulation Agency of the State of Paraíba
- ARPE – Regulation Agency for Delegated Public Services of the State of Pernambuco
- ARSAL – Regulatory Agency for Public Services of the State of Alagoas
- AGER/MT – Regulation Agency for Delegated Public Services of the State of Mato Grosso
- ATR – Tocantins Agency for Regulation, Control, and Oversight of Public Services
- AGERBA – State Agency for Regulation of Public Services in Energy, Transport, and Communication of Bahia
- AGR – Goiana Agency for Regulation, Control, and Oversight of Public Services
- AGEPAN – State Agency for Regulation of Public Services of Mato Grosso do Sul
- ARSESP – Regulatory Agency for Sanitation and Energy of the State of São Paulo
- ASPE – Public Energy Services Agency of the State of Espírito Santo
- AGENERSA – Regulatory Agency for Energy and Basic Sanitation of the State of Rio de Janeiro
- AGESC – Regulatory Agency for Public Services of Santa Catarina
- AGERGS – State Agency for Regulation of Delegated Public Services of Rio Grande do Sul
