Equatorial Maranhão, electricity distribution company acquired in 2004 by Equatorial. It operates in the 217 municipalities of the state, which has around 7 million inhabitants, equivalent to 3.4% of the Brazilian population. In 2024, the concessionaire distributed 8,763 GWh to 2,806,000 consumers, compared to the 8,086 GWh distributed in 2023. Investments in the distributor, which is Equatorial’s oldest asset, amounted to R$1.146 million, 9,7% more than the amount invested last year. As a result of these investments, there was a decrease in the DEC and FEC indices: in DEC the numbers decreased from 14.00 hours to 13.40 hours and in FEC the values fell from 8.7 times to 8.3 times, when comparing the years of 2023 and 2024.
Equatorial Pará the concessionaire operates in the 144 municipalities of Pará, which make up an area of 1,248 thousand km², around 14.7% of the Brazilian territory. In the year of 2024, the company distributed 11,610 GWh to 3,064,000 consumers, representing an increase of 6.7% compared to that distributed in 2023. Investments in the distributor, operated by the Equatorial Group since November 2012, amounted, in turn, to R$2.6 billions in 2024, a growth of 5.5% compared to the value verified in 2023. Also in 2024, the concessionaire achieved DEC and FEC indices of 19.4 hours and 8.0 times, respectively, both below the limits established by regulation.