On Friday, November 17, at Palácio Piratini in Porto Alegre, an agreement was signed between Eletrosul (subsidiary of Eletrobras), the Chinese company Shanghai Electric and the Clai Fund (Chinese Fund for Investment in Latin America) for an investment of BRL 3.9 billion in projects to expand electricity supply in Rio Grande do Sul. The projects are scheduled to start in March 2018 and are expected to be completed in four years. During this period, it is estimated that 11,000