Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras : Brazil's Eletrobras shares soar after government proposes privatization

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras (Eletrobras) specializes in the production, transportation, and sale of electrical energy. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows: - production of electricity (50.5%); - transmission of electricity (25.4%): at the end of 2017, owned a network of 63,833 km of transmission lines; - distribution of electricity (24.1%). Power is distributed through a network of intermediaries and distributors.