Companhia Energética de Pernambuco (Celpe)is a private company controlled by Neoenergia, which distributes
electricity to the 184 municipalities of Pernambuco and to the Island of
Fernando de Noronha, besides the city of Pedras de Fogo, in Paraíba. The
distributor was born on February 10, 1965, after the merger of the Pernambuco
Tramways Group and the State Government, with the duties carried out by the
Department of Water and Energy (DAE). The company was created with the
challenge of expanding the distribution of electricity, investing in the
improvement of services, and providing Pernambuco with an electric supply
network to be a reference in the Northeast region. Currently, Celpe holds a
concession area of 98,500 square kilometers and supplies electricity to 3.8
million customers (9.4 million inhabitants).