''Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista'' (short form: Transmissão Paulista, abbreviation: CTEEP) is one of

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s of electric power grid in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. The company is headquartered in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

. It was created from the breakup of ''Companhia Energética de São Paulo'' in 1999. In November 2001, it merged the ''Empresa Paulista de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica'', derived from the breakup of ''Eletropaulo Metropolitana - Electricidade São Paulo SA''. CTEEP is the main private concessionaire of the transmission of electrical energy, for transmission of 30% of all electricity produced in Brazil, which is almost 100% of the

State of São Paulo State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

. The company is present in 14 Brazilian states: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná,

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias,

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

, Piauí, Paraíba and

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

. It owns of transmission lines, of circuits, of fiber optic cables and 106 substations with voltage up to 550 kV with a total installed capacity of 45,131 MVA. Since June 2006, the CTEEP is controlled by the Colombian company Interconexión Eléctrica S.A., which acquired 50.1% of its shares for auction sponsored by the Government of the State of São Paulo in B3 and today, holds 89.40% of the voting paper, equivalent to 37.5% of the total capital of CTEEP.

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External links

The company's home page in English
{{DEFAULTSORT:Transmissao Paulista C Electric power transmission system operators in Brazil Energy companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Brazil