Brazilian federal strategic planning for hydroelectric and socio-environmental key performance indicators
Keywords:
socio-environmental Key Indicator, hydroelectric, Key performance indicators, strategic planning, environmental licensing.Abstract
This article identified and evaluated the use of socio-environmental key performance indicators during the federal strategic planning of hydroelectric plants, through the assessment of the strategic planning of the Brazilian Energy Matrix. It has also identified the use of these indicators during the subsequent stages of the projects. It is observed that the studies of the Ten-Year Energy Expansion Plan – PDE were developed based on specific methodologies that used socio-environmental assessment indicators, defined by Technical Notes. The evaluations were developed as a criterion for projects selection when defining the PDE composition, however, present information from the indicators by the set of expected UHEs, instead of presenting them individually, allowing UHEs of low socio-environmental performance to be compensated by more efficient UHEs. Large part of the indicators addressed are absolute, not taking into account the power generated versus the socio-environmental impact. The indicators used to obtain socio-environmental assessment, in strategic planning, are not necessarily the same used during the subsequent phases of the project. This fact resulted in a data inconsistency, as by disclosing only the consolidated information from the whole group of hydroelectric plants, it is not possible to have a detailed view from the indicators of each project, as well as its performance. The article highlights the importance of an integration of socio-environmental indicators during the strategic planning stages along with the environmental licensing phase, for the performance assessment of hydroelectric projects over time. Although socio-environmental indicators are used, there is an underutilization of it with regard to the communication of the performance of the enterprises, as well as for the decision-making process of resources allocation and solutions of problems related to socio-environmental origin, in Brazilian federal strategic planning of hydroelectric projects.
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