Companhia Energética de Pernambuco (Celpe), a Neoenergia Group company, distributes electricity to the 184 municipalities of Pernambuco state and to the city of Pedras de Fogo, Paraíba state. It is also responsible for the generation and distribution of electricity in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. Its concession area is 98.5 thousand square kilometers. The company serves 3.6 million customers (9.4 million inhabitants).