Alupar Investimento : Notice to the Market - Commercial Operation of the UG3 Ferreira Gomes
May 01, 2015 at 12:34 am
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Notice to the Market
São Paulo, April 30, 2015, Thursday - ALUPAR INVESTIMENTO S.A. ("Company"), a publicly-held company registered with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) under number 2149-0, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that today its subsidiary Ferreira Gomes Energia S.A. ("Ferreira Gomes") obtained authorization to begin the commercial operation of the third generation unit ("GU3") of Ferreira Gomes HPP, with a capacity of 84 MW (eighty-four megawatts), and assured energy, jointly with GU1 and GU2, totalling 153.1 average MW (one hundred and fifty-three point one megawatts), pursuant to ANEEL Order 1,271 published on today's Diário Oficial, with operational start up on the date envisaged in the Concession Agreement.
GU3 has been undergoing tests since April 10, 2015, supplying energy to the National Interconnected System (SIN) since that date, remunerated by the difference settlement prices (PLD) of the North Submarket on the energy actually generated in the period.
Alupar Investimento SA is a Brazil-based company primarily engaged in the electric utilities sector. The Company focuses on developing and investing in infrastructure projects involving the energy industry in Brazil and other Latin American countries. Its activities are divided into two business segments: Transmission and Generation. The Transmission division holds electric power transmission concessions in Brazil and Chile. The Generation division includes renewable electricity generation through hydroelectric power plants (HPPs), small hydroelectric plants (SHPs) and wind farms in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The Company operates through numerous subsidiaries, such as Transminas Holding SA, Windepar Holding SA, Alupar Inversiones Peru SAC and Alupar Chile Inversiones SpA. The Company is controlled by Guarupart Participacoes Ltda.