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Somos líderes em geração e transmissão de energia elétrica no país e contribuímos para que a matriz energética brasileira seja uma das mais limpas e renováveis do mundo. Também atuamos nos segmentos de comercialização e eficiência energética, além de programas como o Procel, o Luz para Todos e o Proinfa. Maior companhia do setor elétrico da América Latina, adotamos estratégias voltadas para governança e compliance, excelência operacional e disciplina financeira e, por meio de nossas empresas e de nosso centro de pesquisas, estamos presentes em todas as regiões do Brasil. ==================================================================== We are leaders in electric power generation and transmission in the country and we contribute to making the Brazilian energy matrix one of the cleanest and most renewable in the world. We also operate in the segments of commercialization and energy efficiency, as well as programs such as Procel, Luz para Todos (Light for All) and Proinfa. The largest company in the electric sector in Latin America, we adopt strategies focused on governance and compliance, operational excellence and financial discipline and, through our companies and our research center, we are present in all regions of Brazil.

Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais – CEMIG is one of the largest and most important electric energy utilities in Brazil due to its strategic location, its technical expertise and its market. CEMIG’s concession area extends throughout nearly 96.7% of the State of Minas Gerais, whose territory is situated in the Southeastern region of Brazil and covers an area of 567,478 thousand square kilometers, which corresponds to the territorial extension of a country the size of France. CEMIG owns and operates 52 power plants, of which six are in partnership with private enterprises, relying on a predominantly hydroelectric energy matrix. Electric energy is produced to supply more than 17 million people living in the state’s 774 municipalities. In addition to those 52 plants, another three are currently under construction.

Copel - Companhia Paranaense de Energia, the largest company of the State of Paraná, was founded on October 26, 1954 with ownership control held by the State of Paraná. The Company went public in April 1994 (BM&FBovespa) and, in 1997, it was the first company of the Brazilian electricity sector to be listed at the New York Stock Exchange. As from June 2002, the brand is also present at the European Economic Community, having been listed at Latibex - the Latin American arm of the Madrid Stock Exchange. As of May 7, 2008, Copel's shares were ranked at Level 1 of São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa)'s Corporate Governance. The Company directly serves 4,255,804 consuming units, across 395 cities and 1,113 locations (districts, villages and settlements), located in the State of Paraná. This network consists of 3.3 million homes, 91 thousand plants, 348 thousand commercial establishments and 372 thousand rural properties. The staff is composed of 8,573 employees. Copel's structure comprises the operation of: an own generating complex composed of 20 power plants (18 hydroelectric plants, 1 thermal plant and 1 wind plant), whose installed capacity totals 4,756 MW; the transmission system totaling 2,174 km of lines and 33 substations (all of them automated); the distribution system, which consists of 188,654 km of lines and network of up to 230 kV - enough to spin four times round the Earth through the Equator line - and 361 substations (100% automated); the optical telecommunication system (Paraná's Infoway), which has 9,559 km of OPGW cables installed between the main ring and urban radials (self-sustained cables), totaling 15,817 km and reaching 399 cities of the State of Paraná and 2 cities of the State of Santa Catarina.