ENGIE Brasil

Creation of Nacional Energética by Banco Nacional, a private-sector financial institution.

Tractebel Electricity and Gas International, the international branch of Belgian company Tractebel, arrives in Brazil to form partnerships.

Nacional Energética and Furnas form a public-private partnership to complete the construction of the 1,275 MW Serra da Mesa Hydro Plant on the Tocantins River, which had been halted.

Tractebel opens its first offices in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro.

Official registration of Tractebel Brasil Ltda., in Rio de Janeiro.

Concession of the 450 MW Cana Brava Hydro Plant, on the Tocantins River.

Acquisition in September, in a privatization auction, of state-owned company Gerasul, with 3,719 MW in installed capacity and two hydro plants under construction: Itá and Machadinho. Gerasul originated from the spin-off of the transmission and generation assets of Eletrobras Eletrosul.

USD 801.5 million in own funds invested in Brazil, with no local financing, even if it was available from the National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES).

Enabling, early completion and entry into operation of the 1,450 MW Itá Hydro Plant, on the Uruguay River.

The latest generation unit entered into operation in March 2001, during the electricity rationing mandated by the Federal Government on account of the “Apagão” (blackout), as the temporary electricity shortage due to insufficient transmission lines in Brazil became known.

Entry into the first direct electric energy sales contract with a free consumer.

In response to the “Apagão” (blackout – a Federal Government-mandated energy rationing), ENGIE commences operations at the William Arjona thermal plant (state of Mato Grosso do Sul), the first ever to use natural gas from the Bolivia-Brazil Gas Pipeline. The plant was the first project under the Federal Government’s Priority Thermal Plants Project (“Plano Prioritário de Termelétricas” – PPT) to commence operations. That same year, expansion of the plant to its current 190 MW capacity began.

Operations start at the 450 MW Cana Brava Hydro Plant, on the Tocantins River.

Operations start at the 1,140 MW Machadinho Hydro Plant, on the Uruguay River.

Winning bid, as part of a consortium, in the concession auction for the 1,087 MW Estreito Hydro Plant, on the Tocantins River.

The Company holds the first electric energy auction sale in Brazil.

Operations start at the Lages Co-Generation Unit (state of Santa Catarina), the first to be registered by ENGIE under the United Nations’ Clean Development Mechanism.

Consolidated participation in the free energy market. Contracts with major industrial .consumers exceed 700 average MW.

Seven of the 13 plants in the generation complex earn ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification.

Entry into third-party operation of the 176 MW Ponte de Pedra Hydro Plant, on the Correntes River.

Affiliate ENGIE Brasil Energia joins the Novo Mercado of the BM&FBovespa Stock and Futures Exchange, currently renamed B3 (Brasil Bolsa Balcão).

Contracts with major industrial consumers exceed 1,000 average MW.

The Company is selected in December to become part of B3’s Business Sustainability Index (“Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial” – ISE), which includes companies with recognized commitment to socio-environmental responsibility and business sustainability.

Acquisition of the entirety of the equity capital of Ponte de Pedra Energética S.A., which holds the concession to the Ponte de Pedra Hydro Plan, on the Correntes River, with 176 MW in installed capacity.

Approval of affiliate ENGIE Brasil Energia’s acquisition of Companhia Energética São Salvador (CESS), holder of the concession to the São Salvador hydro potential, on the Tocantins River. The plant will have 243.2 MW in installed capacity and 148.5 average MW in guaranteed energy.

Construction begins of the biomass (sugar-cane bagasse) burning Ibitiúva Thermal Plant, with 33 MW installed capacity.

Winning bid in the concession auction for the 3,750 MW Jirau Hydro Plant, on the Madeira River.

ENGIE, then SUEZ, merges with government-owned Gaz de France to become GDF SUEZ.

Unveiling of the São Salvador Hydro Plant, on the Tocantins River, with 243 MW in installed capacity, and of the Pedra do Sal Wind Farm in Parnaíba, state of Piauí, with 18 MW.

ENGIE develops the Maestro system in Brazil: a light, flexible and safe solution for use in control and coordination centers for urban or private areas surveillance and supervision, and in Smart Cities management. Some of its main applications include traffic control on the Rio- Niterói bridge, smart traffic lights in Niterói and Florianópolis, monitoring of highway BR-163 (owned by CCR), and the remote operation of power generation plants.

The 19.8 MW Areia Branca Small Hydro Plant (PCH) begins commercial operations.

Completion of the assets combination of GDF SUEZ and English company International Power.

Operations start at the 1,087 MW Estreito Hydro Plant, on the Tocantins River.

Unveiling of the 1,087 MW Estreito Hydro Plant, on the Tocantins River, at a ceremony attended by representatives from the Federal Government.

Entry into operation of the 115.4 MW Trairi Wind Farm, in the state of Ceará.

Entry into the energy efficiency segment with EMAC – Cofely.

Entry into operation of the 3 MW Cidade Azul Plant, in the state of Santa Catarina, ENGIE’s first centralized photovoltaic generation plant in Brazil.

Construction start of the 345 MW Pampa Sul Thermal Power Plant in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

The Jorge Lacerda Thermal Power Complex celebrates 50 years in operation.

The Company adopts the ENGIE brand worldwide.

Entry into the Distributed Photovoltaic Generation segment.

Closing of the 72 MW Charqueadas Thermal Power Plant, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Entry into operation of the 97.2 MW Santa Mônica Wind Farm, in the state of Ceará.

Implementation of the 326.7 MW Campo Largo Wind Farm, in the state of Bahia, begins.

Implementation of the 605 MW Umburanas Wind Farm, in the state of Bahia, begins.

Entry into operation of the 30 MW Assu V Solar Power Plant, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

Acquisition of the Jaguara (424 MW) and Miranda (4048 MW) Hydro Plants in the state of Minas Gerais, in the re-auctioning of CEMIG assets.

Entry into the Transmission Lines segment, with 1,000 km in the state of Paraná.

Entry into the Energy Retail segment (Retail Trader).

Entry into the energy monitoring segment with the acquisition of ACS.