Viewpoints From the Boardroom of Brazil's Eletrobras

摘要

PennWell publishers Maria Barnes and Michael Grossman recently sat down with Jose da Costa Carvalho Neto, Eletrobras' president, in his Rio de Janeiro office to learn more about this company and its ambitions. PennWell: Please describe your company and its role in the Brazilian electrical energy sector. Jose da Costa Carvalho Neto: Eletrobras is a state-owned company-67 percent is owned by the Brazilian government or by BNDES (the national bank of Brazil), while another 33 percent is publicly traded on the stock market. The company owns and operates a large portfolio of generation, transmission and distribution assets; 41,600 MW of electrical capacity, 53,923 kilometers of transmission lines and 3.4 million customers to whom we distribute electricity. In Brazil, this represents a market share of approximately 36.8 percent in generation and 53 percent in transmission (see Table 1).