Neoenergia
shall amount to 1,200 km of new transmission lines to the power grid,
affecting the states of Tocantins, Piauí, Maranhão, Bahia, Ceará
and Paraíba. In 2017 the company once again won Auction 002/2017 of
ANEEL, winning two new concessions - Batches 4 and 6 - which,
together, comprise four transmission lines (1,074 km) and six
substations, one proprietary and five shared stations. Batch 9 - Rio
Formoso was won in December 2019, benefiting western Bahia.
Batch
4 comprises the 500 kV transmission lines of Miracena - Gilbués II
(418 kilometers) and Gilbués II - Barreiras II (311 kilometers),
located between the states of Tocantins and Bahia.
Batch
6 comprises the 500kV transmission lines of Santa Luzia II –
Campina Grande III (125 kilometers) and Santa Luzia II – Milagres
II (220 kilometers), in addition to the 500 kV substation of Santa
Luzia II, which will be built in the States of Paraíba and Ceará.
Batch
9 comprises the 230 kV transmission line of Rio das Éguas - Rio
Formoso II (105 kilometers), the 230 kV substation of Rio Formoso II,
in addition to the expansion of the Rio das Éguas substation, which
will be built in the State of Bahia.
Until
the conclusion of construction of all projects, over 6,000 direct and
indirect jobs may be generated, in addition to ensure more safety and
reliability in power transmission and distribution in the affected
regions.