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SUMMARY OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE

156^th MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

CPFL Energia S.A. hereby notifies its shareholders and the market in general that at the 156^th Meeting of the Board of Directors held on July 28 2010, the following matters were decided:

 

    I.       Approval: Acquisition by CPFL Brasil of special electric energy for the period from August 2010 to December 2020;

  II.    Approval and Vote Recommendation: Contracting of rural financing by controlled companies CPFL Paulista, CPFL Piratininga, RGE, CPFL Santa Cruz, CPFL Sul Paulista, CPFL Mococa, CPFL Jaguari e CPFL Leste Paulista, with guarantee from CPFL Energia;

III.    Other matters unrelated to CVM Instruction 358/2002, as amended.

 

São Paulo, July 28 2010.

 

 

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