According to Brazil's federal energy planning authority (EPE), the measure aims to avoid delays in connecting wind farms to the grid.

EPE President Maurício Tolmasquim told O Estado de S.Paulo that it is cheaper to auction power lines than pay wind farms that are unable to produce power due to transmission capacity shortages.

Until now, the government auctioned power lines after signing contracts with generators because it feared not having enough demand for transmission services.

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