Companies from
China
and
Spain
were
the biggest winners in Thursday's auction of concession to build transmission
lines in
Brazil
.
"The presence of international and national competitors is always good. The
more participants, the better for consumers because the bigger discounts are
always welcome," said Edvaldo Alves de Santana, a director at the electric
power regulator Aneel, which organized the auction.
A consortium that includes
China
's
Zhejiang Insigma United Engineering won the biggest lot on offer, earning the
right to build 102 kilometers of transmission lines in
Rio
Grande
do Sul state, at the auction held in
Sao
Paulo
.
The consortium offered to build the project in return for annual revenue of
19.98 million Brazilian reais, a discount of 48% from the maximum price set by
the government.
Spain
's
Elecnor SA (ENO.MC) won the second-biggest lot, which was the right to build
295 kilometers of transmission lines in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It bid
BRL16.63 million, a discount of 50% from the government's maximum price.
The average discount to the maximum price was 43.7% at Thursday's auction,
which was substantially higher than the historical average of around 26%,
according to Aneel.
No bids were offered for the smallest project, to build 50 kilometers of
transmission lines in Goias state, with a maximum price of BRL2.73 million per
year.
"It's a rare occasion and it's always a surprise when that happens,"
said Santana.
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