Companhia Energética de Pernambuco (Celpe), a company of the Neoenergia Group, distributes electricity to the 184 municipalities of Pernambuco and to the city of Pedras de Fogo, in Paraíba. It is also responsible for the generation and distribution of electricity in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. Its concession area is 98,500 square kilometers. The company has 3.8 million customers (9.6 million inhabitants).