COMPANHIA ENERGÉTICA DE MINAS GERAIS - CEMIG

LISTED COMPANY - CNPJ 17.155.730/0001-64 - NIRE 31300040127

MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT CDP rates Cemig Brazilian leader in climate change management transparency

In accordance with CVM Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002, as amended, Cemig (Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais), a listed company with securities traded on the stock exchanges of São Paulo, New York and Madrid, hereby informs the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa S.A.) and the market in general, as follows:

Cemig has received the highest score of all participating Brazilian companies in the

2014 edition of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
This score reports and reflects excellence in transparency of the information disclosed on management of risks and opportunities, results of measurement and management of emissions, and on the corporate strategy in the management of climate change. This is the third year running that Cemig has been recognized by the CDP, and the first year in which it has won the highest score.
Selection and scoring reflects the answers given by 52 large Brazilian companies to the CDP questionnaire, interviews with managers of companies with high scores in previous years, and good practices centered on the structure and adaptation of the companies' businesses to climate change.
Cemig's high score is a reaffirmation of its commitment to a low carbon economy, and informs the Brazilian and international capital markets and the general public of Cemig's efforts and its contribution to reduction of the effects caused by global warming.

The Carbon Disclosure Project is a non-governmental organization based in London which operates a system of worldwide disclosure on behalf of 767 institutional investors, representing more than one third of the total capital invested worldwide.

For more details on Cemig's initiatives in relation to climate change, see:

http://www.cemig.com.br/Sustentabilidade/MudancasClimaticas/Paginas/default.aspx

Belo Horizonte, October 17, 2014

Arlindo Porto Neto

Acting Chief Finance and Investor Relations Officer

Av. Barbacena 1200 Santo Agostinho 30190-131 Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil Tel.: +55 31 3506-5024 Fax +55 31 3506-5025

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