All together, these distributors serve 569 municipalities, and in 2011 accounted for the distribution of electric energy to 18.0 million customers in the States of São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Minas Gerais.

[3] In 2011, of particular note was the growth in sales within the distribution companies’ concession areas, which totaled 54,590 GWh, a 4.9% increase.

The company is also one of the largest Brazilian companies in the Generation segment 41 operating plants, 8 Power Plants (PPH), 33 Smal lHydro Power (SHP) and Thermoelectric which together represent an installed capacity of 1672 MW, 831 average MW of assured energy and 2% market share.

[6] Before the National Grid takeover, Camargo Corrêa and Bradespar were the largest shareholders of CPFL Energia.

In July 2021 CPFL Energia, of the Chinese group State Grid, bought the electric company CEEE-T (CEEE Transmissão), from Rio Grande do Sul, in a privatization auction, for R$ 2.67 billions.