Fonte: ANEEL

The 19 lines were auctions with discounts which had a variation of

0.39% to 51.27%. The average discount was 20.18%.

The Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel) concluded, successfully, the transmission auction held today (06/27), in Rio de Janeiro. All the concessions of 19 lines and 20 substations offered were auctions by companies and consortiums in Brazil and Spain. The proposals offered had discounts which vary from 0.39% to 51.27%. The average discount was 20.18 %. The public session was conducted by BM&F Bovespa – Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (São Paulo Stock Market – Bovespa).

The company Cteep – Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista – was the great auction winner, auctioning the concession of five lots: E, F, H, I e K. Spanish company Isolux Ingenieria S/A won the concession of the two initial lots A and B which along with lot C, won by the consortium Amazonas compose the Tucuruí-Manaus-Macapá line, with 1,829 kilometers of extension in an entrepreneurship to be built in the Amazon Rainforest.

At a press conference, Aneel’s general director, Jerson Kelman, emphasized the importance of the auction of lots A, B and C, which are going to connect the North region – whose fuel for thermal generation is subsidized by the Fuel Consumpution and Account (CCC) – to the National Interconnected System with direct benefits for the population. Today for the region of Manaus the CCC cost represented approximately R$ 1.5 billion. With the interconnection there will be a reduction in this bill paid by all electricity consumers in the country. ‘For the consumer it will represent a value 20% lower than today’. Also participating in the press conference were interim minister of Mines and Energy, Márcio Zimmerman, Aneel director Joísa Campanher Dutra, Aneel Tender Commission president, Hélvio Guerra, the Agency’s Transmission Concession superintendent, Jandir Nascimento, and representatives from the winning companies.

The auctioned concessions were designated to the building, operation and maintenance of approximately 3 thousand kilometers of 19 lines and 20 substations of the Basic Network which will be built in the states of Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo. The entrepreneurships will generate 28.6 thousand direct jobs and should go into effect within 15 to 36 months after the signing of the concession contracts. The total investments for building the lines are estimated at R$ 2.86 billion.

The transmission concession period is 30 years. In the auction, those who offer the lowest tariff, or in other words, the lowest Allowed Annual Revenue (RAP) for the transmission service rendering were declared the winner. The registered discounts between the allowed annual revenue foreseen in the edict and the bids in the auction will result in benefits to the consumer, once that the tariff for use of the transmission systems id one of the tariff cost components paid by the final consumer to the distributors, besides contributing to greater competitiveness in the national productive sector.

Disput – Spanish Isolux Ingenieira S/A auctioned two lots. The first, lot A, with the LT Tucuruí – Xingu (PA) and LT Xingu – Jurupari (PA) stretches and two substation, with the discount of 24.59% and the Allowed Annual Revenue of R$ 74,300,000.00. For lot B, LT Oriximiná – Jurupari (PA), LT Jurupari (PA) – Laranjal (AP), LT Laranjal – Macapá (AP) and two substation, the company offered the bid of R$ 71,880,000.00, which represents a discount of 16.90% in relation to the initial price.

Brazilian consortium TBE Centro-Oeste, composed by Empresa Amazonense de Transmissão de Energia S/A – 51% and Cemig Geração e Transmissão S/A – 49% was the winner of lot D upon offering the bid of R$ 25,950,000.00, which represented 29.48% lower percent in relation to the RAP.

Cteep – Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista – auctions five lots. In E, with the offer of R$ 6,103,621.00 for the stretch LT Interlagos – Piratininga II –SP, which represented a discount of 32.85%. In F for the stretch LT Nova Santa Rita – Scharlau in Rio Grande do Sul, the company made the bid of R$ 3,674,900.00. A value of 0.39% in relation to the initial Revenue, the lowest discount of the auction. In lot H with three substations located in São Paulo, the company won the auction upon offering R$ 10,321,740.00, with a deságio of 51.27%, the largest registered in the dispute. In lot I, with the value of R$ 6,616,070.00, with discount of 0.50%. In lot K, the company offered R$ 2,622,492.00, with discount of 27.83%.

Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco – Chesf was the winner in lot G, LT Eunápolis – Teixeira de Freitas II (BA), with the final RAP of R$ 2,980,000.00, with a percent of 38.33% lesser in relation to the initial RAP.

Lot J, with SE Venda das Pedras (RJ), was auctioned by Elecnor Transmissão e Energia S/A, with the offer of R$ 4,970,000.00, representing a discount of 28.51%. The company also won Lot L, with LT São Simão (MG) – Itaguaçu (GO) and LT Itaguaçu – Barra dos Coqueiros (GO), upon offering R$ 4,541,071.00 – discount of 45%.

Lot C – Aneel’s Special Tender Commission disclosed the Relevant Announcement n° 03 referring to the judgment of the resource imposed by Consórcio Amazonas about lot C in which is clarifies the reason for which there will be a repetition of the tender in the referred to lot. CEL also decided that lot C will be reopened after the finalization of the lat lot, (L). The winning consortium is composed of Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil S/A – Eletronorte – 30%; Companhia Hidroelétrica do São Francisco – Chesf – 19.5%; Abengoa Concessões Brasil Holding S/A – 30%; Fundo de Investimentos em Participações Brasil Energia – 20.5%. The bid given in the auction was R$ 101,607,568.00 which represented a discount of 7% in relation to the edict’s proposal.

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Below, the report of winners, by lot, and the details of the concessions auctioned today:

Report of auctioned lots

LOTA

Winner: Isolux Ingenieira S/A

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 36 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 98.52 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 6,900

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the municipalities of Tucuruí, Anapu, Pacajá, Altamira and Vitória do Xingu, all in Pará.

Benefits: The entrepreneurship will allow for supplying electricity to several municipalities in the states of Pará, Amapá and Amazonas, including the capitals: Manaus and Macapá. It will make the interconnection of several isolated regions to the National Interconnected System (SIN) possible. Thus, it will appease the consumer’s tariff reduction by cutting the expenses related to the Conta de Consumo de Combustíveis Fósseis (Fossil Fuel Consumption Account – CCC). In 2008, the Account value was approved at R$ 3 billion.

LOTB

Winner: Isolux Ingenieira S/A

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 36 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 86.49 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 6.100

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the Pará municipalities of Almerim, Altamira and Monte Dourado and through the municipalities of Macapá, Laranjal do Jari, Mazagão and Vitória do Jarí, all in Amapá.

Benefits: This entrepreneurship will allow for supplying electricity to several municipalities in the states of Amapá, including the state capital Macapá, and Pará, interconnecting several isolated regions to the National Interconnected System.

(SIN). It is also going to contribute to the consumer’s tariff reduction by cutting the expenses related to the Conta de Consumo de Combustíveis Fósseis (Fossil Fuel Consumption Account – CCC). In 2008, the Account value was approved at R$ 3 billion.

LOTC

Winner: Consórcio Amazonas (Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil S/A – Eletronorte – 30%; Companhia Hidroelétrica do São Francisco – Chesf – 19.5%; Abengoa Concessões Brasil Holding S/A – 30%; Fundo de Investimentos em Participações Brasil Energia – 20.5%) (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 36 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 109.25 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 7.700

Localization: The lines will go through the municipalities of Manaus, Itacoatiara, Nhamundá, Urucará, Rio Preto da Eva, Silves, São Sebastião do Uatumã, in Amazonas and Terra Santa, Óbidos, Alenquer, Oriximiná, Curuá, Faro, Prainha and Altamira, all in Pará.

Benefits: This entrepreneurship will allow for supplying electricity to several municipalities in the states of Amazonas, including the state capital Manaus, and Pará, interconnecting several isolated regions to the National Interconnected System (SIN). It is also going to contribute to the consumer’s tariff reduction by cutting the expenses related to the Conta de Consumo de Combustíveis Fósseis (Fossil Fuel Consumption Account – CCC). In 2008, the Account value was approved at R$ 3 billion.

LOTD

Winner: Consortium TBE Centro-Oeste (Empresa Amazonense de Transmissão de Energia S/A – 51%; Cemig Geração e Transmissão S/A – 49%) (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 20 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 36.79 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 2.700

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the municipalities of Juína, Brasnorte, Sapezal, Nova Mutum, Sorriso, Sinop, Tangará da Serra, Campo Novo dos Parecis, Lucas do Rio Verde and Vera, all in Mato Grosso.

Benefits: This entrepreneurship will allow for distribution of electricity from several generation projects which will be implemented in the region of the state of Mato Grosso, being that 1,120 MW are already predicted for 2010, contributing to the state’s development and to increasing the national electricity generation capacity.

LOT E

Winner: Cteep – Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 18 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 9 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 700

Localization: São Paulo state municipalities of Piratininga and São Paulo.

Benefits: It will reinforce the supply of electricity of the largest metropolitan region of Brazil which is São Paulo, more specifically in the southwest region, which has been presenting growth in industrial consumption, providing the continuous economic development of the region.

LOT F

Winner: Cteep – Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 18 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 3.68 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 300

Localization: Municipalities of Nova Santa Rita, Portão, São Leopoldo, Novo Hamburgo, Montenegro, Capela de Santana and Sapucaia do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul.

Benefits: This entrepreneurships will reinforce the supply of electricity in this region, which has been presenting an increase in the demand due to the concentration of industrial parks, allowing for the continuity of the region’s social-economic development.

LOT G

Winner: Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco – Chesf (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 18 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 4.83 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 350

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the municipalities of Eunapolis, Porto Seguro, Itabela, Itamaraju, Vereda and Teixeira de Freitas, all in Bahia.

Benefits: The implementation of this entrepreneurship will have essential importance for the tourist and agro-industrial development of the southern region of the state of Bahia.

Lot H

Winner: Cteep – Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 18 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 21.18 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 1.700

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the municipalities of Mirassol, Guaimbé and Araras, in São Paulo.

Benefits: This entrepreneurship will provide the reinforcement of the electricity supply to important regions in the state of São Paulo, such as: Ribeirão Preto, Araraquara, São Carlos, Limeira, Rio Claro, Mogi Mirim, Marília, Bauru, Lins, Catanduva and São José do Rio Preto, contributing to the economic development of these regions.

Lot I

Winner: Cteep – Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 18 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 6.649 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 700

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the municipalities of Curitiba, Araucária, Fazenda Rio Grande, Guaratuba, São José dos Pinhais and Tijucas do Sul, all in Paraná; and Joinville, Capivari de Baixo, Cocal do Sul, Criciúma, Forquilhinha, Nova Veneza, Gravatal, Morro da Fumaça, Pedras Grandes, Siderópolis, Treze de Maio, Tubarão and Urussanga, in Santa Catarina.

Benefits: This entrepreneurship will provide the reinforcement of energy supply in these regions, which present large growth of electricity demand, especially due to the concentration of industrial parks, providing the advance of economic development in the southern region of the state of Santa Catarina.

Lot J

Winner: Elecnor Transmissão de Energia S/A (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 18 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 6.95 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 550

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the municipalities of Itaboraí and Cachoeiras de Macacu, in Rio de Janeiro.

Benefits: This entrepreneurship will reinforce the service to this region, which presents great concentration of industrial parks, and which presents itself basically as an energy importer.

Lot K

Winner: Cteep – Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 18 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 3.63 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 300

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the São Paulo municipalities of Atibaia and Bragança Paulista.

Benefits: This entrepreneurship will provide the reinforcement of the electricity supply to important regions in the interior of the state of São Paulo, contributing to economic development of these regions.

Lot L

* The São Simão substation will be located in the Minas Gerais municipality of Santa Vitória

Winner: Elecnor Transmissão de Energia S/A (Brazil)

Forecast for entrance in commercial operation: 15 months

Allowed Annual Revenue: R$ 8.25 million

Estimate of direct jobs: 600

Localization: The entrepreneurship will go through the municipalities of Cachoeira Alta. Paranaiguara and São Simão, in Goiás; and the Minas Gerais municipality of Santa Vitória.

Benefits: The implementation of the entrepreneurship aims at the outlet of a hydraulic potential of approximately 1,000 MW, and yet approximately 350 MW from thermal mills using sugarcane bagasse, predicted to be installed in southern Goiás, contributing to the region’s economical development and to the increase of the national electricity generation capacity.