Municipal Autonomy and Urban Development
By: Leonardo Neri Article 18[1] of the Federal Constitution establishes that the political-administrative organization of the Republic comprises the Union, States, Municipalities and the Federal District, all of which are autonomous, with no hierarchy among the federative entities. In other words, they all have clear and distinct rules of competence, issued by the Magna Carta. In this sense, the Constitutional jurisprudence of […]
Analysis of the renewal of the concession for the Anchieta-Imigrantes Highway
By: Leonardo Neri The Government of the State of São Paulo and the concessionaire Ecovias agreed, through a preliminary Amendment Amendment (TAM), to extend the concession contract for the Anchieta-Imigrantes System, which had a contractual term until 2024 and will now be in force until 2033. The agreement provides for the termination of existing legal actions, proposed […]
Privatization in Basic Sanitation – CEDAE Auction
By: Leonardo Neri Last Friday, April 30, the auction for the concession of the Rio de Janeiro State Water and Sewage Company (CEDAE) took place at B3 in São Paulo. This is the largest auction in the sanitation infrastructure sector in the country’s history, with contracts involving approximately R$30 billion in investment in […]
The New Guarantee Insurance for Large-Scale Works and Services – According to the New Bidding Law
By: Leonardo Neri The president sanctioned the new Law on Public Tenders and Contracts, published with some vetoes, which will be analyzed by the National Congress, and which will replace Law 8.666, in force since 1993, as well as the laws on the Auction and Differentiated Public Contracting Regime (RDC). The new law, among other innovations, expands the […]
Publication of the Notice for the Concession of BR-163/230/MT/PA
By: Leonardo Neri The National Land Transportation Agency (ANTT) approved the publication of the Notice for the concession of the BR-163/230/MT/PA highway system and the port terminal accesses of Mirituba, Santarenzinho and Itapacurá, with the BR-163/MT highway between the junction with MT-220 in the municipality of Sinop (km 868.6) and the MT/PA border in the municipality […]
Transmission Auction
By: Leonardo Neri The National Electric Energy Agency completed, in January, the first phase of the bidding process for the following lots: LOT 1, composed of the following facilities in the State of Acre and Rondônia: a. LT 230 kV Abunã – Rio Branco, C3; b. SE 230/69 kV Tucumã; c. Sections of LT 230 kV between […]
TUSD and TUST in the MP for the Modernization of the Energy Sector
By: Leonardo Neri Provisional Measure 998/2020, converted into Law (Law 14,120/2021) in March, presented the proposal to eliminate subsidies for renewable electricity production in 2021, since the tax amounts (transmission and distribution tariff, TUST and TUSD, respectively), not charged to those who have distributed generation (GD) […]
Provisional Measure No. 1,031: The Attempt to Establish Itself as a Liberal Government
By: Leonardo Neri On February 23, the President of the Republic enacted the infamous MP 1.031, with the aim of accelerating the privatization process of Eletrobras, a giant in the generation and transmission of energy in the country and which was recently the subject, in January 2021, of the resignation of its president, Wilson Ferreira Junior, […]
Bill 4,253 of 2020 – The new Procurement Law
By: Leonardo Neri The Bill that updates the Bidding Law was approved by the National Congress, but it still awaits approval by the President of the Republic. During this period, Mazzucco & Mello will provide introductory articles to explain the new rules. In this first text, we will present the main structural changes to the Bidding Process. […]
PLD Hours: Reality and Accuracy
By: Leonardo Neri In January 2021, a new way of calculating the price of electricity came into effect, motivated by the strong expansion of production and the change in the electricity matrix, which gained other intermittent sources and created the need for greater precision in the pricing mechanism. According to the Plan […]