''Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista'' (short form: Transmissão Paulista, abbreviation: CTEEP) is one of
transmission system operators of electric power grid in
Brazil. The company is headquartered in
São Paulo.
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. The company is present in 14 Brazilian states:
Rio Grande do Sul
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,
Santa Catarina,
Paraná,
São Paulo,
Minas Gerais,
Rondônia
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,
Mato Grosso
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Neighboring ...
,
Mato Grosso do Sul
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,
Goiás,
Tocantins,
Maranhão,
Piauí
Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP.
Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ...
,
Paraíba
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and
Pernambuco. 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.
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Since June 2006, the CTEEP is controlled by the
Colombia
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n 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.
References
External links
The company's home page in English
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Electric power transmission system operators in Brazil
Energy companies established in 1999
1999 establishments in Brazil