ACL
Free Contracting Environment (Free Market)
ACR
Regulated Contracting Environment (Regulated Market)
ANEEL
National Electric Energy Agency
ANP
National Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels Agency
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
CIF ARA
Coal Index
CO2
Carbon dioxide
EPC Agreement
Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement
CVM
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission
CVU
Unit Variable Cost
DRE
Income Statement
E&P
Exploration and Production
EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
EPE
Power Planning Company
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GNL
Liquefied Natural Gas, in the Brazilian acronym
GW
Gigawatts
IBGE
Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute
IFRS
International Accounting Standards
IPCA
Broad Consumer Price Index
IR
Investors Relations
KM2
Square kilometers
M3
cubic meters
MW
Megawatts
Nox
Generic representation of nitrogen oxides
O&M
Operation and Maintenance
PAD
Discovery Assessment Plan
PD
Development Plan
PDE
Expansion Ten Year Plan
PPA
Power Purchase Agreement
R2W
Reservoir to Wire
R&D
Research and Development
S&P
Standard & Poor’s
S.A.
Joint Stock Company
SIN
National Interconnected System
SPE
Special Purpose Company
TPP
Thermoelectric power plant