CHESF

CHESF S.A.
Subsidiary
Industry Utilities
Founded 1948
Headquarters Recife, Brazil
Key people
José Carlos De Miranda Farias (CEO)
Products Electricity generation
Number of employees
4,427
Parent Eletrobras
Website www.chesf.gov.br

CHESF (Companhia Hidro-Elétrica do São Francisco; São Francisco's Hydroelectric Company) generates and transmits electric power from hydroelectric plants to all of the cities in northeast of Brazil. It owns 14 hydroelectric energy plants and 1 thermoelectric energy plant.[1] José Carlos De Miranda Farias was made CEO in June 2015.[2]

The main source of energy is the São Francisco River.

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