This work aimed at the development of a simulation model of performance and costs of a cogeneration system working in parallel of a photovoltaic generation plant and the energy grid based on average monthly hourly demand profiles of electric energy and cooling energy as chilled water. The model contains a small database with the technical specifications of the major system components for your design and to do the energy calculations based on the average monthly hourly demand profiles in order to determine the hourly average operating costs of the system and the average annual operating costs. A hypothetical case of a shopping mall situated in the city of Rio de Janeiro with 75,000 square meters as total built área was simulated and its average hourly demand profile of electricity and termal energy as chilled water was estimated. The results showed that the savings generated by the reduction of costs of the simulated system is economically feasible for various simulated scenarios.The model results provide grants for technical and economic decision of the consumer to make investment in cogeneration cogeneration system and photovoltaic plants operating in parallel of the energy grid as self producer.