Webcast Alert: CTEEP - Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista, Announces 2011 Results, Conference Call and Webcast

SAO PAULO, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CTEEP - Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista (Bovespa: TRPL3; TRPL4) (CTEEP) today publishes its 2011 earnings results and announces its Conference Call and Webcast for discussing these results:

Numbers to Call:
Participants from Brazil: (55 11) 4688-6361
Participants from the USA: (1 888) 700-0802
Participants from other countries: (1 786) 924-6977
Access Code: CTEEP

Contact: Marcio Lopes Almeida (Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer), Thiago Lopes da Silva (Investor Relations Manager) of CTEEP - Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista, +55 11 3138-7557, or by e-mail to [email protected] / [email protected]

If you are unable to listen to the webcast live, this will be filed to the website http://www.cteep.com.br/ir. In order to access the replay click on the Investor Relations section. Or if you prefer, access the website http://www.prnewswire.com.br.

Should you experience any difficulties in hearing the transmission please send an e-mail to [email protected]

The largest private sector concessionaire operating a public utility service for the transmission of energy in Brazil, CTEEP - Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista – is responsible for the annual transportation of 30% of all electricity produced in the country, 60% of the energy consumed in the Southeast Region and nearly 100% in the state of Sao Paulo.

With head offices in the city of Sao Paulo, CTEEP has a footprint in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Parana, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Tocantins, Maranhao, Piaui, Paraiba and Pernambuco. It also has a stake in companies constituted for rendering public utility services of electric energy transmission: 100% in the subsidiaries IEMG (Interligacao Eletrica de Minas Gerais), Pinheiros (Interligacao Eletrica Pinheiros) and Serra do Japi (Interligacao Eletrica Serra do Japi); 50% in IESul (Interligacao Eletrica Sul), 51% in IEMadeira (Interligacao Eletrica Madeira); 25% in IENNE (Interligacao Eletrica Norte e Nordeste) and 51% in IEGaranhuns (Interligacao Eletrica Garanhuns).

In 2011, a total 141,127 GWh of energy was carried along CTEEP's system, a network made up of 12,993 km of transmission lines, 18,782.41 km of circuits, 2,488 km of optic fiber cables and 106 substations with tension up to 550 kV, representing a total installed capacity of 45,131 MVA. This network interlinks connection points of the generator companies and other transmission companies, feeding into the distributors' network which carries electricity to the final consumer.

Controlled by ISA, one of the largest energy transmission groups in Latin America, CTEEP also counts among its investors, Eletrobras - the largest energy group in Brazil, the government of the state of Sao Paulo and 60 thousand personal and corporate shareholders.

CTEEP's shares are listed on the BM&FBovespa and since 2002, the Company has been a component of BM&FBovespa's Level 1 Corporate Governance. Its preferred shares are listed on the Ibovespa stock index, the most important indicator of the average performance of share prices on the Brazilian stock market. In addition, the Company operates an American Depositary Receipts – ADR Program under SEC Rule 144 A in the United States.

SOURCE CTEEP - Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista