Energias do Brasil SA and subsidiaries - EDP no Brasil | Investidores
Energias do Brasil SA and subsidiaries - EDP no Brasil | Investidores
Energias do Brasil SA and subsidiaries - EDP no Brasil | Investidores
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2009 MANAGEMENT REPORT<br />
A subsidiary of <strong>EDP</strong> <strong>Energias</strong> de Portugal, one of the largest European operators in the energy<br />
sector, <strong>EDP</strong> <strong>Energias</strong> <strong>do</strong> <strong>Brasil</strong> went public in the New Market of the São Paulo Stock Exchange in<br />
July 2005, adhering to the highest st<strong>and</strong>ards of corporate governance. The organization chart<br />
below summarizes the Group's current ownership structure:<br />
MACROECONOMIC SCENARIO AND THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR<br />
2009 was marked by instability moments in the international eco<strong>no</strong>mic scenario arising from the<br />
financial crisis that emerged in 2008. In order to cope with the crisis, the Brazilian government<br />
a<strong>do</strong>pted measures to encourage consumption, such as the reduction of the core interest rate (with<br />
the core interest rate - the SELIC rate - at its lowest historic threshold - 8.75% per year), the grant<br />
of new tax incentives (Federal VAT (IPI) reduction for cars <strong>and</strong> household appliances),<br />
infrastructure investments <strong>and</strong> credit expansion. Data on the third quarter showed that Brazil's<br />
GDP dropped 1.2% as compared with the same quarter of 2008; however, it grew by 1.3% as<br />
compared with the second quarter of 2009. For 2009, we expect <strong>no</strong> growth in relation to 2008.<br />
ENERGY CONSUMPTION<br />
The national electric energy consumption in the network totaled 388,204 GWh in 2009, a decrease<br />
of 1.1% as compared with 2008. The Brazilian electric energy market suffered the strong impact of<br />
the world financial crisis, but its effects were concentrated in the industrial class as a consequence<br />
of the immediate <strong>and</strong> severe <strong>do</strong>wnturn in the activities of this sector.<br />
The <strong>do</strong>mestic dem<strong>and</strong>, on the other h<strong>and</strong>, remained strong, mainly as a result of the measures<br />
taken by the government to mitigate the effects of the crisis, among which is the lowering of taxes<br />
<strong>and</strong> taxes on cars <strong>and</strong> household appliances, interest reduction <strong>and</strong> credit expansion. Accordingly,<br />
despite the crisis, the consumption of the residential <strong>and</strong> business classes increased by<br />
approximately 6% in 2009 as compared with 2008.