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CPFL Energia

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Electric energy company in Brazil

CPFL Energia (former name: Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz) is the second largest non state-owned group of electric energy generation and distribution in Brazil and the third biggest Brazilian electric utility company, after Eletrobras and Energisa. The corporation is composed by CPFL Brasil, CPFL Piratininga, CPFL Paulista, CPFL Geração, CPFL Renováveis, Rio Grande Energia (RGE) and SEMESA. Each of these companies operates as a holding company that owns dozens of other companies.3 It is headquartered in Campinas.1 Its shares trade on NYSE under the symbol CPL.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1912Founded1

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  • TickerCPL on NYSE1
  • IndustryElectric Services1
  • HeadquartersCampinas1
  • Websitewww.cpfl.com.br
  • Legal formS.A.1
  • Listed onNew York Stock Exchange (CPL), São Paulo Stock Exchange (CPFE3)1
  • Incorporated inBrazil6
  • Business addressRua Jorge Figueiredo Correa 1632, Campinas, D5 13087-3976
  • Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer6
  • LEI529900GBWSBDXN8GGM284
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered addressR GOMES DE CARVALHO, 1510, 14 ANDAR CJ 02, São Paulo, Brazil4
  • Registered withBrazilian Internal Revenue Service, 02.429.144/0001-934

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CPFL Energia (former name: Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz) is the second largest non state-owned group of electric energy generation and distribution in Brazil and the third biggest Brazilian electric utility company, after Eletrobras and Energisa. The corporation is composed by CPFL Brasil, CPFL Piratininga, CPFL Paulista, CPFL Geração, CPFL Renováveis, Rio Grande Energia (RGE) and SEMESA. Each of these companies operates as a holding company that owns dozens of other companies. Its headquarters are located in Campinas, the third-largest city in state of São Paulo. In 2017, it was purchased by the Chinese utility State Grid Corporation of China, a state-owned enterprise under State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.3

Corporate structure

CPFL Energia sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What CPFL Energia reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, net9.1B BRL9 Dec 31, 20199.5B BRL9 Dec 31, 2018−3.9%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents1.9B BRL9 Dec 31, 20191.9B BRL9 Dec 31, 2018+2.4%
Long-term investments7.4B BRL9 Dec 31, 20196.5B BRL9 Dec 31, 2018+13.5%

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

  • electric power

Listed on Wikidata.1

CPFL Energia and its subsidiaries operates in the segments of generation, distribution and commercialization of electric energy and renewable energy, in addition the company in the segment of value-added services.

In the Distribution segment the company has 13.0% of the market share, CPFL Energia heads the distribution segment through its eight distributors. All together, these distributors serve 569 municipalities, and in 2011 accounted for the distribution of electric energy to 18.0 million customers in the States of São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Minas Gerais.

In 2011, of particular note was the growth in sales within the distribution companies’ concession areas, which totaled 54,590 GWh, a 4.9% increase. Of this, 14,674 GWh were invoiced in the form of the Tariff for the Use of the Distribution System (TUSD). Sales to the captive market totaled 39,917 GWh, up 1.7%.

The company is also one of the largest Brazilian companies in the Generation segment 41 operating plants, 8 Power Plants (PPH), 33 Smal lHydro Power (SHP) and Thermoelectric which together represent an installed capacity of 1672 MW, 831 average MW of assured energy and 2% market share.

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In the Commercialization segment the company operates around the Brazil being leader in this sector with 21% market share with more than 10,500 GWh in sales of energy in Brazil.

CPFL Energia operates in the segment of Generation of renewable energy sources through CPFL Renováveis. It owns a 63.0% interest in CPFL Renováveis through CPFL Geração, with 35.5% and CPFL Brasil with 27.5%.

In January 2017, the Chinese government-owned State Grid Corporation of China purchased a 54.64% interest in CPFL Energia and its subsidiary CPFL Energias Renovaveis SA for 17.36 billion reais ($5.68 billion). In November 2017, they purchased an additional interest (taking their ownership to 94.75%) for the equivalent of US$3.4 billion. In June 2019, China Grid, through a share offering, reduced its stake to 83.71%. Before the National Grid takeover, Camargo Corrêa and Bradespar were the largest shareholders of CPFL Energia.

In July 2021 CPFL Energia, of the Chinese group State Grid, bought the electric company CEEE-T (CEEE Transmissão), from Rio Grande do Sul, in a privatization auction, for R$ 2.67 billions.

From Wikipedia’s article on CPFL Energia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Subsidiaries and ownership

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Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Apr 29, 2025Acquired CPFL Renováveis1

Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 2021Went public Listed on São Paulo Stock Exchange1
  2. Sep 29, 2004Went public Listed on NYSE1
  3. 1912Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How CPFL Energia is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARCPFL Energy INC2
  • CIK0001300482
  • Filer statusLarge accelerated filer2
  • Incorporated inBrazil2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)4911 Electric Services2
  • Business addressRua Jorge Figueiredo Correa 1632, Campinas, D5 13087-3972
  • Phone(55-19) 3756-87042
  • Shares outstanding1,152,254,440 as of Dec 31, 20199
  • On EDGAR sinceAug 23, 20042
  • Filings1,175 in all: 6-K (952), 6-K/A (130), UPLOAD (18), 20-F (16), CORRESP (16), SC 13D/A (7), CB/A (6), EFFECT (4)2
    All 27 form types

    F-1/A (4), F-6 (3), 20-F/A (2), 424B2 (2), 15F-12B (1), 25-NSE (1), 424B1 (1), 8-A12B (1), CB (1), CERTNYS (1), DEL AM (1), F-1 (1), F-3 (1), F-6 POS (1), F-6/A (1), F-X (1), POS AM (1), POS EX (1), SC 13D (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (20-F) Apr 24, 2020

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