Decree 9.863 on the National Electric Energy Conservation Program (Procel) and the National Prize for Conservation and Rational Use of Energy

This Decree provides for the National Electric Energy Conservation Program - Procel and the National Prize for Conservation and Rational Use of Energy.

Art. 2 states that Procel, in line with the guidelines of the National Energy Policy Council and the Energy Efficiency Policy of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, aims to promote electrical energy efficiency actions in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy, as well as for the user end, aimed at:
I - increase the country's competitiveness;
II - postpone investments in the electricity sector; and
III - reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and, consequently, reduce the associated environmental impacts.