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Did you know that there are families that can get progressive discounts (and even total exemption) from their electricity bill? This is due to the Social Electricity Tariff (TSEE), created by Law No. 10,438, of April 26, 2002.
Basically, the TSEE exempts low-income families from paying the Energy Development Account (CDE) and the Alternative Electricity Sources Incentive Program (Proinfa). In addition, a cumulative discount is applied to residential rates.
This discount, however, is proportional to the electricity consumption. The more you spend, the smaller the discount. For indigenous and quilombola families, in fact, it is possible to have a total exemption from any cost (spending from 0 to 50 kilowatt-hours per month).
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Energy exemption tables
The Federal Government website contains two tables that determine the discount percentage based on energy use. There are two tables because one is exclusive to indigenous and quilombola families (and the other is for everyone else).
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Indigenous and quilombola families
First, see the exclusive table for indigenous and quilombola families:
| Share of energy consumption | Discount |
| from 0 to 50 KWh | 100% |
| from 51 kWh to 100 kWh | 40% |
| from 101 kWh to 220 kWh | 10% |
| from 221 kWh | 0% |
Other families
Below is the table that includes all the other families:
| Share of energy consumption | Discount |
| from 0 to 30 kWh | 65% |
| from 31 kWh to 100 kWh | 40% |
| from 101 kWh to 220 kWh | 10% |
| from 221 kWh | 0% |
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