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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
A Publicly Held Company
Corporate taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 02.429.144/0001-93
Company Registry (NIRE) 353.001.861-33
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET
RENEWAL OF DISTRIBUTION CONCESSIONS
CPFL Energia S.A. (“CPFL Energia” or “Company”) hereby announces to its shareholders and the market that, on December 8, 2015, the subsidiaries Companhia Luz e Força Santa Cruz (“CPFL Santa Cruz”), Companhia Jaguari de Energia (“CPFL Jaguari”), Companhia Luz e Força de Mococa (“CPFL Mococa”), Companhia Leste Paulista de Energia (“CPFL Leste Paulista”) and Companhia Sul Paulista de Energia (“CPFL Sul Paulista”) signed an Amendment to the Public Service Concession Agreements of Electric Energy Distribution, whose purpose is the extension of the concession until July 7, 2045, according to the Dispatch of the Minister of State of Mines and Energy, of November 9, 2015, with fulcrum in Law No. 12,783, of January 11, 2013, in Decree No. 7,805, of September 14, 2012, and in Decree No. 8,461, of June 2, 2015.
The five concessionaires supply electricity to a concession area covering 20,357 square kilometers, with a population of approximately one million people, serving approximately 429,000 consumers. Their concession areas cover 45 municipalities, of which 39 municipalities in the state of São Paulo, three municipalities in the state of Parana and three municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais.
São Paulo, December 9, 2015.
CPFL Energia S.A.
Gustavo Estrella
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
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/S/ GUSTAVO ESTRELLA
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Gustavo Estrella Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations |
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