Companhia Estadual de Distribuição de Energia Elétrica engages in the distribution of electricity in Brazil. It supplies electricity in 72 areas of the 497 municipalities covering an area of approximately 87,101-kilometer square. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Companhia Estadual de Distribuição de Energia Elétrica is a subsidiary of Equatorial Participações e Investimentos S.A.