The Brazilian Electricity Sector - The Overall Picture

He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration from the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), and a Master's degree in Energy Engineering from the Federal University of Itajubá (Unifei). He also holds an Executive MBA in Administration (Management in Electric Power Companies) from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and has completed the courses Theory and Operation of a Modern National Economy (Minerva Program) at George Washington University (USA), and Scenarios - New Regulatory, Institutional and Organizational Environment of the Brazilian Energy Sector, a program jointly promoted by USP, Unifei, and Unicamp. He has 12 years of experience in engineering and electricity distribution services at Coelba. He has been working at ANEEL since 1998, having contributed to the regulation of electricity commercialization and distribution. He served as advisor to the Superintendence of Distribution Services Regulation (SRD) for 10 years. From 2012 to April 2023, he held the position of Superintendent of the SRD. In May 2023, following ANEEL's restructuring, he took over as Superintendent of the STD.

Vinicius Nunes is a BloombergNEF research associate based in Sao Paulo. He writes about the energy transition in Brazil, including topics such as energy policy, sustainable finance, decarbonization pathways, clean energy, and clean transport. In addition, Vinicius writes about broader low-carbon investments and on capital mobilization in and to emerging markets and developing economies. Prior to joining Bloomberg L.P., he worked for a Brazilian renewable energy developer with focus on wind and solar assets. Vinicius holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo and a M.S. in Energy Markets from Grenoble INP in France.

His challenge is to make Volt Robotics sustainably creative and the ideal partner for energy companies in developing smart digital solutions. In the last years, he has dedicated himself to issues relevant to the Electricity Sector, including the sizing of the COVID Account, risk allocation for wind and solar plants in regulated auctions, strategic planning for energy traders, risk pricing with the Hourly PLD, quantification of the costs and benefits of distributed generation, and development of methodologies and algorithms for tariff projections. He has extensive executive experience as Director of Regulation, Commercialization and Energy Planning at EDP Energias do Brasil (generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electricity). Electrical Engineer, with honors, from Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (USP), with Direct Doctorate, and researcher at UNICAMP, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Cornell University, and formations including Insper, Fundação Dom Cabral, IESE Business School, Amana Key, immersion in Silicon Valley and xynteo's Leadership Vanguard Program (India, Myanmar, Singapore, England and Norway) and Design Thinking at MIT. Professor in graduate courses in Computational Modeling and Intelligent Systems at USP and FIA.

Graduated in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in Electrotechnics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Master's in Electrical Engineering (COPPE/UFRJ), and currently a PhD candidate in Production Engineering (POLI/USP). Worked in 2006 and 2007 as a researcher at the Electric Energy Research Center (CEPEL) in the area of energy optimization. Joined the Energy Research Company (EPE) in 2007. Between 2010 and 2019, served as Technical Consultant in the Generation Planning Department, working on: (i) energy studies for planning the expansion of electricity generation in the Brazilian power system; and (ii) coordination of the working group 'Methodological Issues Associated with Computational Models for Expansion Planning, Operation of the Brazilian Electricity System, and Short-Term Market Price Formation' of the Permanent Committee for the Analysis of Methodologies and Computational Programs of the Electric Sector (CPAMP). Currently serves as Advisor to the Board of Electric Energy Studies, working on activities related to generation and transmission expansion planning studies, market modeling, and market design.

Two years of experience in the private and public productive sector between 2009 and 2011. Experience in the Electric Power Sector since 2011, including two years in the private sector at a traditional consulting firm in Brasília in the field of Regulation. Admitted to public service in 2012 as an Infrastructure Analyst. Worked for six years (2012-2019) at the Special Advisory Office for Economic Affairs - ASSEC of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, actively engaged in Energy Auctions, Sectoral Funds (charges, Energy Development Account - CDE), sectoral investments, Federal Budget, and Privatizations (São Paulo Energy Company - CESP, designated distribution companies, and Eletrobras), holding Senior Management and Advisory positions. From 2019 to 2023, served as Advisor in the Department of Energy Planning of the Secretariat for Planning and Energy Development, also within the Ministry of Mines and Energy. From October 2023 to July 2025, served as General Coordinator of Transmission Planning at the Department of Transmission and Distribution Planning and Concessions and International Interconnections, under the National Secretariat for Energy Transition and Planning. Responsibilities included consolidating the Transmission Concessions Plan (POTEE), conducting transmission expansion studies, organizing transmission facility auctions, among others. In July 2025, appointed as Program Director at the National Secretariat for Energy Transition and Planning of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, also serving as Deputy to the National Secretary for Energy Transition and Planning.

Rodrigo Lopes Sauaia is co-founder and CEO of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Solar Photovoltaic Energy Association), the national association representing Brazilian solar PV companies and professionals. He is co-founder and a governing board member of the GSC (Global Solar Council), a non-profit body representing regional and national solar associations on international issues. Rodrigo holds a PhD in Materials Engineering and Technology from PUC-RS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul), a Master's degree in Renewable Energies from Loughborough University (UK), a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from USP (São Paulo University), and has collaborated with the Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (Germany) and with ETH Zürich (Switzerland).