Corporate structure
Tractebel Energia is the controlling shareholder of Companhia Energética Estreito, Lages Bioenergética Ltda., Tractebel Energias Complementares Participações Ltda., Usina Termelétrica Pampa Sul S.A. and Tractebel Energia Comercializadora Ltda. The latter is responsible for intermediating and managing purchases, sales, imports and exports of electric energy in the deregulated market.. GRI G4-3 | G4-7
The Company also holds the following stakes in consortiums, concessionaires of generating plants: (i) 19.28% in the Machadinho Consortium, which is responsible for operating the Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Plant; (ii) 40.07% in the Estreito Energia Consortium (Ceste), which is responsible for operating the Estreito Hydroelectric Power Plant; and (iii) 72.90% in the Andrade Consortium, which is responsible for operating the Ibitiúva Bioenergética Thermal Power Plant, by means of the indirect subsidiary Ibitiúva Bioenergética S.A., where Tractebel Energias Complementares Participações Ltda. holds 95.00% of the capital.
Tractebel Energia also holds a 48.75% stake in and shared control of Itá Energética S.A. (Itasa). Itasa, in turn, holds a 60.5% stake in the Itá Consortium, which holds the concession for the Itá Hydroelectric Power Plant and in which Tractebel Energia has a direct stake of 39.5%. Adding together its stakes in Itasa and in the Consortium, the Company owns 68.99% of the Itá Hydroelectric Power Plant. Shared control of Itasa is governed by a shareholders’ agreement, and decisions of common interest of the Itá Consortium are taken by a management committee, comprising four members, two of which are representatives of Tractebel Energia.
Simplified organization chart
(as at December 31, 2014)
Generation facilities
At the end of 2014, Tractebel Energia has an installed capacity of 7,027.2 MW, equivalent to 5.7% of the total installed capacity in Brazil.
Its generation facilities comprise 27 power plants, including nine large and medium-sized hydroelectric plants, five thermoelectric plants, and 13 complementary plants: three small hydroelectric power plants (SHPPs), six wind farms, three biomass and one solar photovoltaic. The Company operates all of these plants and fully controls 23 of them. In the remaining four—Itá, Machadinho, Estreito and Ibitiúva Bioenergética—it has a stake as a consortium member. The installed capacity operated by Tractebel Energia at the 27 plants is 8,747.9 MW.
To exploit the generation facilities, the Company holds concessions and authorizations granted by the regulatory body, the details of which are shown below.
Generation facilities and installed capacity of assets in respect of which concessions and authorizations have been granted to Tractebel Energia
(as at December 31, 2014) GRI EU1
1 The plants owned by consortiums have the following total installed capacities, 1,450.0 MW; Estreito, 1,087.0 MW; Machadinho, 1,140.0 MW; and Ibitiúva, 33.0 MW. Therefore, the installed capacity operated by Tractebel Energia at the 27 plants is 8,747.9 MW.
2 Thermoelectric complex comprising three plants.
3 The Alegrete Thermoelectric Power Plant (UTAL) is a fuel oil-fired thermoelectric plant that went into service in 1968. Since the plant is no longer cost-effective, Tractebel Energia made a request to the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel) in 2013 to issue a definitive revocation of its operation authorization and its return to the Federal Government.
4 Consisting of four wind farms.
5 For generating plants with installed capacity lower than or equal to 5 MW the legal instrument applicable is the record.
| Plants |
Location |
Expiration of concession/ authorization |
Own installed capacity (MW) |
| |
|
|
|
| Hydroelectric power plants |
| Salto Santiago |
Rio Iguaçu (PR) |
9/27/2028 |
1,420.0 |
| Itá1 |
Rio Uruguai (SC e RS) |
10/16/2030 |
1,126.9 |
| Salto Osório |
Rio Iguaçu (PR) |
9/27/2028 |
1,078.0 |
| Cana Brava |
Rio Tocantins (GO) |
8/26/2033 |
450.0 |
| Estreito1 |
Rio Tocantins (TO e MA) |
11/26/2037 |
435.6 |
| Machadinho1 |
Rio Uruguai (SC e RS) |
7/14/2032 |
403.9 |
| São Salvador |
Rio Tocantins (TO) |
4/22/2037 |
243.2 |
| Passo Fundo |
Rio Passo Fundo (RS) |
9/27/2028 |
226.0 |
| Ponte de Pedra |
Rio Correntes (MT) |
9/30/2034 |
176.1 |
| Total from hydroelectric sources |
5,559.7 |
| Thermoelectric power plants |
| Jorge Lacerda Termoelectric Complex2 |
Capivari de Baixo (SC) |
9/27/2028 |
857.0 |
| William Arjona |
Campo Grande (MS) |
4/28/2029 |
190.0 |
| Charqueadas |
Charqueadas (RS) |
9/27/2028 |
72.0 |
| Alegrete3 |
Alegrete (RS) |
- |
- |
| Total from thermoelectric sources |
1,119.0 |
| Complementary power plants (biomass, wind and SHPPs) |
| Eólico Trairi Complex4 |
Trairi (CE) |
9/28/2041 |
115.4 |
| Ferrari |
Pirassununga |
6/27/2042 |
65.5 |
| Lages |
Lages (SC) |
10/29/2032 |
28.0 |
| Rondonópolis |
Ribeirão Ponte de Pedra (MT) |
12/18/2032 |
26.6 |
| Beberibe |
Beberibe (CE) |
8/3/2033 |
25.6 |
| José Gelazio da Rocha |
Ribeirão Ponte de Pedra (MT) |
12/18/2032 |
23.7 |
| Ibitiúva Bioenergética1 |
Pitangueiras (SP) |
4/4/2030 |
22.9 |
| Areia Branca |
Rio Manhuaçu (MG) |
5/2/2030 |
19.8 |
| Pedra do Sal |
Parnaíba (PI) |
10/1/2032 |
18.0 |
| Cidade Azul |
Tubarão (SC) |
not applicable5 |
3.0 |
| Total from complementary sources |
348.5 |
| Total |
7,027.2 |
Tractebel Energia reached a new record of instantaneous generation in 2014: 8,031.6 MW, equivalent to 93.2% of total
installed capacity operated
Breakdown of generation facilities
(as at December 31, 2014)
Tractebel Energia's generation complex comprise
27 power plants, including nine large and medium-sized hydroelectric plants, five thermoelectric plants,
and 13 complementary plants
Total production reached 48,942 GWh (5,587 average MW), our new annual generation record, noting that:
- On November 12 we also broke the instantaneous generation record: 8,031.6 MW, equivalent to 93.2% of total capacity operated by Tractebel Energia;
- In compliance with the National Electric System Operator (ONS), we obtained the highest historical annual output of the thermoelectric plants: 753.2 average MW, 4.8% above the previous record, reached in 2013;
- We also reached the highest historical annual output of the complementary plants: 164 average MW, 76.6% above the output for 2013
- New annual output records of the Estreito Hydroelectric Power Plant, the Lages Cogeneration Unit, and the William Arjona Thermoelectric Power Plant. GRI EU6
