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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
A Publicly Held Company
Corporate taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 02.429.144/0001-93
Company Registry (NIRE) 353.001.861-33
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET
In compliance with Article 157, Paragraph 4 of Law 6,404/76 and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission – CVM Instruction No. 358/2002, CPFL Energia S.A. (“CPFL Energia”) informs that ERSA – Energias Renováveis S.A. (“ERSA”) have released, on the date hereof, the following Announcement to the Market:
“ERSA – Energias Renováveis S.A., a publicly held company with head offices in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, located at Avenida Dr. Cardoso de Melo, 1.184, 7th floor, Vila Olímpia, CEP 04548-004, taxpayer number CNPJ 08.439.659/0001-50 (“Company”) hereby informs that it acquired from PST Energias Renováveis e Participações S.A. 100% of the shares of Santa Luzia Energética S.A., owner of Santa Luzia Small Hydro Power Plant, located in the municipalities of São Domingos and Iguaçu, state of Santa Catarina, with installed capacity of 28.5 MW and assured energy of 18.4 average MW. The transfer of control of the shares depends upon the prior approval of the appropriate authorities, such as the National Electric Energy Agency – ANEEL and the Brazilian National Economic and Social Development Bank – BNDES. The Santa Luzia Small Hydro Power Plant has been in commercial operation since July 2011 and the entire amount of its assured energy has been sold through long-term contracts.”
In this regard, we note that the project described above will join the portfolio of renewable energy assets and projects which will be object of the joint venture between CPFL Energia and ERSA, as concluded by the Joint Venture Agreement that CPFL Energia and its subsidiaries CPFL Geração de Energia S.A. (“CPFL Geração”) and CPFL Comercialização Brasil S.A. (“CPFL Brasil”) (jointly “CPFL”) have entered into with ERSA’s shareholders, which established the terms and conditions under which they intend to ally renewable energy assets and projects owned by CPFL and ERSA in Brazil, such being considered Wind Farms, Small Hydro Power Plants and Biomass Thermoelectric Power Plants, the subject of the Material Fact of April 19, 2011.
São Paulo, August 17, 2011.
CPFL Energia S.A.
Lorival Nogueira Luz Junior
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
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/S/ LORIVAL NOGUEIRA LUZ JUNIOR
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Lorival Nogueira Luz Junior Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations |
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