Eletrobras distribution auction has worked better than expected

Even without dispute, the auction of Cepisa, distributor of Eletrobras, had a result higher than expected by the market and yielded a stock bonus R $95 million to the National Treasury. For specialists, this was a positive for the thermometer next time, which occurs in August. "The auction was positive. An asset that causes prejudice still managed to raise an amount. This brings a good expectation for the auction of other distributors, which I believe will have the greatest interest, "says the Bureau's Corporate Governance partner, Luiz Marcatti. In addition to the bonus, the finish of the Equatorial Energia Energy Company do Piauí includes payment of the symbolic value of R $50000 by the actions, a commitment to invest R $720 million and reduce the rate of 8.5% energy. The bid was the only one of the auction, sponsored by the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) and held at the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) this Thursday (26). "Equatorial was the main interested, but drew attention to aggression, whereas the chance of having other competitors was low," says the Director of Thymos Energy, Thais Prandini. For Marcatti, the fact there has been a single proposal due to the attractiveness of the region. "You have to know the site to operate, it is not a region that concentrates so much consumption," points out Marcatti. Equatorial has distributed close to Piauí, with the Centrais Elétricas do Pará (Celpa) and Companhia Energética do Maranhão (Cemar). "The active has everything to do with us. Logistics is our operational efficiency, differential, "declared the President of the Equatorial, Augusto Miranda, in press conference. The Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, Ronaldo Fonseca, downplayed the importance of having been made only one lance. "What matters is the result. The consumer will have more quality service and reasonable price, which is exactly what the Government wanted. " The 1.2 million users meets Cepisa 224 municipalities in the State of Piauí in the Northeast region. Miranda pointed out the Equatorial experience in recovering the distributors. "There was a lot of skepticism regarding Cemar and today we are proud of the quality of service. More recently, we acquired Celpa and today the company demonstrates satisfactory results. " The Executive as natural resistance Cepisa staff to the privatization process. Distributor servers began a 48-hour strike on Wednesday (25), in protest against the auction. "We will try to show that the processes of Celpa and Cemar were quiet. First let's sit down with the current Board and the staff. Let's focus on the values of the House. If not, let's get on the market. But the first step is dialogue. " Other distributors to Cepisa is one of the six energy distributors in the North and Northeast that came under control of Eletrobras after accumulating debts and losses. The next auction is scheduled for 30 August, when they will be offered the Eletroacre, Amazonas, Boa Vista energy and Energy power plants of Rondônia. The Companhia Energética de Alagoas (CEAL) had your auction suspended by virtue of a decision of the Supreme Court (STF). The injunction, issued by Minister Ricardo Lewandoski, was issued in a proceeding by the Attorney General of the State of Alagoas. "Our expectation is that the sale of the CEAL occur along with the other in August, but we have to wait for the Court decision," said Superintendent privatization of BNDES, Rodolfo Torres. The realization of the event depends on the approval of a bill that unlocks the sale of distributors. "The expectation is that the PL is approved and the auction takes place at the end of the month. But the issue of CEAL is more complicated, should not be resolved in time, "says Thais. The Minister of mines and energy (MME), Moreira Franco, celebrated the privatization process of companies. "We are making an effort to end apartheid. The North and northeast regions suffer from inferior conditions of service by inefficiency of these distributors ", stated to journalists.