Brazil's Neoenergia requests $313 million loan to cover COVID-19 losses
Reuters
Published Jul 03, 2020 07:14PM ET
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian power holding company Neoenergia SA (SA:NEOE3) has requested a 1.664 billion-real ($313.12 million) loan for its four distributors as part of a government effort to support utility companies amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The so-called "Conta-Covid" operation, which was launched through a presidential decree on May 18, aims to boost power distributors' liquidity and involves several banks led by Brazilian Development Bank BNDES.
Neoenergia, which is 52.5% controlled by a unit of Spain's Iberdrola SA (MC:IBE), said its four energy distributors, Coelba, Elektro, Celpe and Cosern, have joined the Conta-Covid.
Of the total amount, Coelba accounts for 499.6 million reais, while Celpe requested 454.7 million reais, Cosern (SA:CSRN5) aims for 95.5 million reais and Elektro 614.3 million reais.
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