Energy Magazine March 2016 | Page 70

ABIAPE

T he Brazilian Association of Investors in Energy Selfproduction ( ABIAPE ) was established in November 2004 to protect the rights and interests of the energy self-producers in Brazil . Its creation was prompted by a suggestion from President Dilma Rousseff , the then Minister of Mines and Energy , that the big industrial

consumers of self-generated power come together in a specific association to facilitate dialogue with government agencies .
Today , ABIAPE represents Brazilian ยด s biggest energy selfproducers , which work in the aluminum , agribusiness , mining , steel , cement , power , and pulp and paper segments . They are :
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