Equatorial Energia Stock

Equatorial Energia S.A. operates in the electric energy sector in the states of Maranhão and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company serves residential, industrial, commercial, and rural consumers, as well as public power, public lighting, and public service.

Operations

In Maranhão, the company controls CEMAR (Companhia Energetica do Maranhão), the electric power distribution concessionaire in the state, which has an operating area of 333 thousand square kilometers and covers 6.2 million inhabitants of the population of Brazil. As of December 31, 2008, CEMAR had approximately 1.5 million clients.

The company also holds a 25% of the capital in Geradora de Energia do Norte S.A., which is responsible for implanting and operating the thermo-electric plants at Tocantinópolis and Nova Olinda, in the municipal of Miranda do Norte, in the state of Maranhao, with installed capacity of 330 MW.

In Rio de Janeiro, as from February 12, 2008, the company began to operate through Light S.A. in the areas of selling, distribution, and generation of electric power. Light distributes electric power to 31 cities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, with a population of 10 million inhabitants, covering an area of 10,970 square kilometers.

History

Equatorial Energia S.A. was founded in 1958.