Light Serviços de Eletricidade
| Company type | Parent Rio Minas Energia Participações S.A. | |
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| Website | www |
Light Serviços de Eletricidade S.A. is an
electric company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
. It is controlled by Rio Minas Energia Participações S.A.
The company was privatized by the Brazilian federal government in 1996 when it was bought by a consortium of
Houston Industries, AES Corp, and Électricité de France
for US$1.7 billion. In 2006, 78.4% stake was bought by Rio Minas Energia Participações S.A.
History
Electrical power infrastructure in Rio de Janeiro was originally developed in the first half of the 20th century by the Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company, a company financed with foreign capital and legally domiciled in
Brookfield Asset Management
.
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