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With the investment by Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais – CEMIG, approximately 153 MVA will be added to the energy system in the area
CEMIG – Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, invested around R$ 376 million in the construction of five new substations located in the south of the State of Minas Gerais. These developments will add around 153 MVA to the region's electrical system. Such energy offers are sufficient to meet the demand of around 300 consumers.
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The five new substations were built in the cities of Ilicínea, Campestre, Jacutinga, Silvianópolis, São Bento Abade, Jesuânia and Lambari. The investment also included the reinforcement and expansion of the Alfenas, Andradas, Boa Esperança, Pouso Alegre, Cambuquira and Varginha substations, the expansion of SE Poço Fundo and the construction of new distribution lines to interconnect the new substation with the existing one.
According to the high voltage manager, Paulo José Clebicar Nogueira, the southern region of the state will have increased energy availability and customers will notice a great improvement in the quality of supply.
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The new substations will be remotely controlled through Cemig's distribution operations center. The new substations will have an integrated supervision, command, control and protection system, allowing operators to carry out the necessary interventions remotely on high voltage equipment.
Approximately R$ 66 million will be invested in several modernization projects for the 8 existing substations and 11 distribution lines, with the objective of integrating the Varginha 4 substation of the basic network of Mantiqueira Transmissora de Energia to Cemig's energy distribution system. This investment will provide greater operational flexibility, allowing for greater division of the circuit.
About CEMIG:
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais SA (CEMIG) is one of the main electric power concessionaires in Brazil, headquartered in the city of Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1952 by the governor of Minas Gerais, Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira. It is the largest integrated company in the electricity sector in South America, in number of customers, and the largest in Latin America, in kilometers of network and equipment and installations. The group comprises more than 181 companies and 17 consortia. It is a publicly traded company controlled by the Government of the State of Minas Gerais and has 117 shareholders in 44 countries.
