| Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (CEMIG) is a Brazil-based company involved in the energy sector. It is mainly engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy for industrial, residential, commercial and rural consumption. The Company is also engaged in other businesses, such as natural gas distribution in Minas Gerais through Companhia de Gas de Minas Gerais (Gasmig); telecommunications through Empresa de Infovias SA, which provides fiber-optics and coaxial cable network installed along its transmission and distribution lines; national and international consulting business through Efficientia SA, which provides energy solutions for the implementation and management of systems for electricity sector, among others. In 2009, the Company is due to start operating abroad, through its subsidiary Transchile Charrua Transmision SA, in the Chilean unit LT Charrua '€“ Nueva Temuco. |