Energisa Begins Operations of Transmission Line Project That Will Strengthen Energy Supply for MT and TO

The New Power Transmission Line from Energisa Will Be Named Xinguara II

The Energisa Group has begun operations of the first phase of the third project of the new transmission line for power supply. Lot 19, located in Pará, was acquired in 2018 for a total annual revenue of R$ 36.1 million of Allowed Annual Revenue (RAP). This section alone received R$ 80 million in investments.

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In this new lot, Energisa Pará Transmissora de Energia II (EPA II) included an additional 72.3 kilometers of the Xinguara II transmission line – Integradora Sossego (230 kV), as well as repairs and expansions in the 230 kV yards of the Xinguara and Integradora Sossego substations.

Main Beneficiaries of the New Transmission Line

This project will provide several benefits to the power supply in the Southeast region of Pará, the North of Mato Grosso, and the West of Tocantins. In these regions, Energisa controls two distributors: Energisa Mato Grosso and Energisa Tocantins.

The Vice President of Generation, Transmission, and Services of the Energisa Group, Geraldo Mota, spoke more about the project:

“This project is essential to bring energy and development to a strategic region of Brazil, the agricultural frontier, consolidating our presence in the Amazon. We are a century-old company, the largest private player of national capital in the Brazilian electric sector, and this advancement in the transmission segment reinforces our portfolio of energy assets and services.”

Other Projects of the Energisa Group

In addition to Xinguara II, Energisa has other ongoing projects, two of which are expected to be completed by 2022.

Regarding the second phase of Lot 19 of Auction 02/2018, there has been an investment of around R$ 400 million, with Allowed Annual Revenue (RAP) of R$ 33 million, and Lot 4 of Auction 04/2018 from Energisa Tocantins Transmissora – ETT, was awarded for R$ 66.1 million of RAP, including the construction of 772 km of transmission lines.

In total, together with Lot 11 of Auction 01/20 of Amazonas, the investments amount to approximately R$ 2.7 billion, according to Aneel.