WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 54 / 356
requests that the companies contact the staff that works on radio frequency area, with the
intention of making a deep and complete study on the Power Line system interferences.
ANATEL does not demand from those supplying companies that intend to act in the national
market any PLC systems equipment certification during the evaluation tests however it
recognizes that the commercial operation will demand a certification, in accordance with the
standard of the sector. The PLC work group together with ANATEL would promote some
presentations of the POWER LINE equipments manufacturers interested in developing the
technology in Brazil, with the objective of promoting the development and operation of the
cited technology, besides improving the inter-relationship between the entities, defining then
the methodology to obtain the certification of the equipments to be used inside the national
territory.
5.1.3 PLC Networks and Network Operators
The electric energy system is divided in three sectors: generation, transmission and
distribution. Nor all electrical companies operate simultaneously in the three sectors. It has
specialized companies that operate only in one or two of these sectors, leaving the other
activities for third parts. Some utilities in Latin American:
Luz del Sur: (Peru) is an electric distribution company serving the southern half of the
capital city of Lima, Peru. Luz del Sur is one of the largest companies in Peru and is the
country’s second-largest electric distributor.
Luz del Sur provides electricity to 788,000 customers within an exclusive concession area
that covers approximately 3,000 square kilometers. One third of the Peruvian labor force is
based in the Lima area, where the country’s economic activity is concentrated.
Chilectra Group Enersis: (Chile) Chilectra became the primary exponent of the market for
electric power. In this context, on 1996 acquired the Utility of Colina S.A. (today Utility Colina
Ltda.) Located in the northern part of the concession area of the company.