Electrical engineer with a master's degree and a PhD from UNICAMP. A civil servant at ANEEL since 2008. Writes about regulation as a discipline: how public decisions are built, what evidence supports them, and how they can be more transparent.
15 Oct
2026
Regulatory Impact AssessmentAnalysis
Before creating a rule, public authorities should explain what problem they want to solve, which alternatives they considered, and why they chose one path. That is…
07 Oct
2026
Digital Regulation and Artificial IntelligenceEssay
AI brings real risks to critical systems. Yet electrical engineering has worked for decades with machines that decide faster than people do. The question is where…
28 Sep
2026
The power sector is no longer a chain in which a few produce while many simply consume. The challenge is creating rules that turn consumer participation…
28 Sep
2026
Digital Regulation and Artificial IntelligenceEssay
Technology changes fast, but the regulatory problem is not simply keeping up with every new development. The challenge is building institutions that can learn, test, correct…
28 Sep
2026
A regulator can be independent on paper yet lack the means to decide autonomously. The difference lies in the institutional capacity to carry out, day after…
03 Nov
2024
When consumers, companies, and government collide, should the regulator defend only consumers or seek balance? Examples from energy, telecommunications, water and sanitation, and banking make the…
12 Oct
2024
A court order required ANEEL to approve, on a compressed timetable, the transfer of a troubled Amazon utility. When a regulator cannot assess the impacts, consumers…
03 Oct
2024
Regulatory Impact AssessmentAnalysis
Brazil's Decree 10,411/2020 requires regulatory impact assessment but excludes presidential decrees. As a result, high-impact rules, such as the one on electricity distribution concessions, take effect…
18 Sep
2024
Regulatory Design and QualityAnalysis
The Regula Melhor Strategy sets a ten-year agenda for better regulation. By assigning the Executive Branch a central role in monitoring implementation, however, it could also…