The price - in the free market - is the result of the balance between supply and demand. The supply is being significantly stressed by a list of factors: * Power theft and crony projects appropriated ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Around 1.4 million households in Sao Paulo, Brazil, were without power on Saturday almost ... knocked down transmission lines and uprooted trees, causing severe damage in ...

Brazil's government and power giant Eletrobras reached a deal in ... securing a contract to build transmission lines and substations in five states with investments of 2.9 billion reais ($533.8 ...

A major-scale power outage left all of Brazil's states but one in the dark on Tuesday morning while the causes for such an event are still under investigation, it was reported. However ...

Brazil: Power prices are rising due to 7 weaknesses. It has risen to a much higher level than historically, characterizing the weakness of the local economy. They require much greater investments for ...