André Pepitone da Nóbrega, a director at Aneel, says the agency intends to adopt such a measure for upcoming tenders, which would prohibit Chesf, Furnas and Eletronorte from participating. All are subsidiaries of the state utility holding group Eletrobras.

“It is possible that these companies have an excess of construction jobs and do not have the conditions to complete them in the time allocated,” president of the energy research centre, EPE, Mauricio Tolmasquim tells local press, assuring that there will be plenty of competition despite the loss of those players.

Still,