Changes to Bill 3,220/2019, which establishes new rules for sharing poles between energy distributors and telecommunications companies, can generate an impact of at least R$ 2.4 billion per year on Brazilians' electricity bills, according to estimates from sector specialists. The proposal was approved by the Federal Senate in March, after years of negotiation between the two sectors, and is currently under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies.
One of the points under debate is the possibility of creating a new structure to manage the poles, which became known during negotiations as "posteiro." Currently, energy distributors are responsible for managing the more than 53 million poles existing in the country and share this infrastructure with telephone, internet, and subscription TV companies.
Part of the revenue obtained from sharing the poles returns to consumers through tariff modesty, a mechanism that helps reduce the value of energy bills. The text of the article was interrupted, but it suggests there is more information about the impacts of this proposal that was not included in the available version.
