Exhibit 4(b)(5)


               CONTRACT OF PURCHASE AND SALE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY


By the present instrument made and executed by and between the parties qualified
below:

On one side, ENERTRADE S.A., an electrical energy trader lawfully authorized by
Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica - ANEEL, in the terms of resolution number
62, of February 16, 2001, with headquarters in the city of Sao Paulo, State of
Sao Paulo, at 2,300 Paulista Ave. # 62/64, its registered with the General
Taxpayer Register under CNPJ 04.149.295/0001-71, herein represented in the form
of its Charter, by the undersigned below (hereinafter referred to as "Seller" or
"ENERTRADE");

and ,

ESCELSA- Espirito Santo Centrais Eletricas S.A., concessionaire of public
services of electricity, a corporation with headquarters in Vitoria, State of
Espirito Santo, at Rua Sete de Setembro, 362, Centro, registered with the
General Taxpayer Register under CNPJ No. 28.152.650/0001-71, herein represented
in the form of its Charter (hereinafter referred to as "Purchaser" or
"Escelsa");

CONSIDERING that Seller possesses its own assets for generation and/or rights
resulting from contracts of purchase of electrical energy enough to fulfill the
stated in resolution 249 of August 11, 1998, by ANEEL and any further
modifications, as well as any remaining applicable regulations and laws;

The parties have agreed on the execution of this Contract of Purchase and Sale
of Electrical Energy, which will be ruled by Law n. 9,648, of May 27, 1998,
regulated by Decree No. 2,655, of July 2, 1998, and article 5 of Decree n. 4,562
of December 31, 2002, and other applicable regulatory norms, as well as by the
following terms and conditions:



                                    CHAPTER I


                                   Definitions

1st Clause - For the purposes of this Contract the following terms, in the
singular and plural, shall have their meanings defined below:

a)   "ANEEL": Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica- ANEEL, a special autarchy
     with the finality of regulating, mediating and supervising the production,
     transmission, distribution and commercialization of energy, created by Law
     n. 9,427, of December 26, 1996;

b)   "Gravity Center": it is a virtual point in the Submarket (as defined below)
     of the interlinked electrical system, in the terms of the Market Rules (as
     defined below), for means of accounting and liquidation by MAE (as defined
     below);

c)   "Contract": this Contract of Purchase and Sale of Electrical Energy with
     all its attachments and amendments, if there be;
d)   "Due Date": it is the day determined according to Sole Paragraph of 6th
     Clause;


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e)   "Working Day": means any day in which there are banking services in the
     country of the Purchaser, in the terms of the norms of Banco Central do
     Brasil;

f)   "Contracted Electrical Energy": is the amount of electrical energy and
     associated capacity to be made available and to be sold by Seller to
     Purchaser at the Delivery Point (as defined below), according to the
     established in 4th Clause below, through a symbolical delivery;

g)   "Higher Power": event defined as a fortuitous or higher power case,
     according to Article 393 of Law n. 10,406, of January 10, 2002, keeping the
     devices contained in 18th Clause of this Contract;

h)   "Form of Price Readjustment": it is the form of Price (as defined below)
     readjustment, according to the agreed between the parties in 7th Clause
     below;

i)   "IGPM": "Indice Geral de Precos do Mercado" (General Index of Market
     Prices), published by Fundacao Getulio Vargas, according to the published
     in Conjuntura Economica Magazine or any rating that may replace it as the
     indexing agent of the contract of concession, for purposes of readjustment
     of fees of Escelsa, or, yet, in the lack of such, by the IGP-DI published
     by Fundacao Getulio Vargas, as published in Conjuntura Economica Magazine;

j)   "Applicable law": means all the constitutional establishments, laws,
     statutes, acts, decrees, licenses, authorizations, resolutions,
     deliberations, instructions, regulations, and other norms and dispositions
     applicable to the operations portrayed in this instrument;

k)   "MAE": Electrical Energy Wholesale Market, a non-profit company of private
     rights, subject to authorization, regulation and inspection by ANEEL, its
     creation being authorized by Federal Law n. 10, 433, of April 24, 2002, or
     its successor;

l)   "MW": means the megawatt;

m)   "MWh": means the megawatt/hour;

n)   "ONS": Operador Nacional do Sistema Eletrico (National Operator of the
     Electricity System)- ONS- a non-profit company of private rights provided
     for in Law n. 9,648 of May 27, 1998, responsible for the coordination of
     the operation of the interlinked systems South/Southeast/Midwest/ North and
     Northeast;

o)   "Another index": another rate that may be officially applied to the
     readjustment of Purchaser's supply-prices;

p)   "Party" or "Parties": means in the singular Seller or Purchaser, and in the
     plural it means both Seller and Purchaser;
q)   "Related Party": means, when referring to any company, any other company
     that (a) holds, directly or indirectly, more than 50% (fifty percent) of
     the capital or that controls, directly or indirectly, the first company,
     (b) has more than 50% (fifty percent) of its capital, directly or
     indirectly withheld or that is directly or indirectly controlled by the
     first company or (c) has more than 50% (fifty percent) of its capital or
     the common control of a third company, in association with the first
     company; the word "control" and all the words derived from it will have the
     meanings imputed by Law n. 6,404, of December 15, 1976;

r)   "Light Load Basis": period of time corresponding to the monthly hours not
     associated to the Medium Load Basis (as defined below) and Heavy Load Basis
     (as defined below);

s)   "Medium Load Basis": period of time defined by the Market Rules, according
     to the defined in 4th Clause below;

t)   "Heavy Load Basis": period of time defined by the Market Rules, as
     established in 4th Cause below;

u)   "Accounting Period": period for the accounting of the contract positions in
     the jurisdiction of MAE, as established by the Market Rules;


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v)   "Period of Supply": means the period with its beginning on January 1, 2004
     and end on December 31, 2005, during which Seller will make available and
     sell the Electrical Energy to Purchaser, in the terms of this Contract;

w)   "Delivery Point": in the Gravity center of the Submarket where the agreed
     amount of Electrical Energy will be delivered by Seller to Purchaser by
     means of a symbolic delivery, for purposes of accounting and liquidation by
     MAE;

x)   "Period of Validity": period of validity of the present Contract, as
     established in 3rd Clause of this Contract;

y)   "Price": price for the MWh of the purchased Electrical Energy and
     associated capacity referred to in 5th Clause of this Contract.

z)   "MAE Price": price, published by MAE for each Accounting Period, in the
     Submarket of Purchaser of the interlinked electrical system, for the
     accounting of the contract positions in the jurisdiction of MAE;

aa)  "Market Procedures": a set of norms of conveyance and functioning for the
     implementation of Market Rules (as defined below), ratified by ANEEL, its
     further alterations or any other text that may come to replace it;

bb)  "Net work Procedures": rules established by ONS, ratified by ANEEL, that
     define the procedures and technical requirements for the planning,
     implantation, use and operation of the transmission system, its future
     alterations or any other text that may replace them;

cc)  "Market Rules": commercialization, accounting and liquidation rules for the
     electrical energy sold in the jurisdiction of MAE, ratified by ANEEL, its
     posterior alterations or any other text that may take its place.

dd)  "Sinercom": system of computer programs that allows the reception and the
     sending of information regarding measurement and availability of energy of
     each member of MAE, price setting, contracting, accounting, pre-billing,
     financial liquidation, as well as any other commercial operations in the
     jurisdiction of MAE, or its successor; and

ee)  "Submarket": a specific submarket of the interlinked electricity system,
     where the Purchased Electrical Energy shall be delivered in a symbolic
     manner.

                                   CHAPTER II


                                     Object

2nd Clause
The present Contract has the aiming at establishing the term and conditions that
will regulate the purchase and sale of Electrical Energy Contracted by the
Parties, the delivery of which will be made in a symbolic manner by Seller to
Purchaser at the Delivery Point, during the period of validity of this Contract,
through the payment of the Price.

First Paragraph
For the purposes of this Contract, it shall be considered that Seller shall have
delivered the Contracted Electrical Energy to Purchaser, and Purchaser will have
received the Contracted Electrical Energy from Seller, independent of the amount
of Electrical Energy that Seller or the hired generating source(s) may have
generated or been instructed to generate.

Second Paragraph
It is understood and agreed that the rights over the Electrical Energy
commercialized between the Parties, according to the established in this
Contract, shall not be altered, in case of MAE modifying the form or frequency
of registry, accounting or liquidation of the contracting positions of its
agents regarding the contracted volumes agreed on by the Parties. Such right
shall not be altered in case ANEEL modifies the methodology of calculation of
the MAE Price, be this alteration in terms of advance or frequency with which
this price is calculated.


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                                   CHAPTER III


                               Period of validity

3rd Clause
The Contract shall be valid from the date of execution until the integral
fulfillment by the Parties of all their contract obligations, except if there be
the expressed contrary manifestation of either Party, case in which the specific
dispositions for an early end shall be applied and, depending on the case, there
shall be an application of penalties.

Sole Paragraph
The effectiveness of this Contract is conditioned to the approval by ANEEL,
until November 21, 2003, in the terms of the Applicable legislation. If the
present Contract has not been approved until November 21,2003, the Parties shall
not be subject to the rights and duties herein stated, and shall remain as
before the signing of this Contract.




                                   CHAPTER IV


                              Volume and Load Basis

4th Clause
The volume of the Contracted Electrical Energy shall be of 95 average MW for the
year of 2004 and 112 average MW's for the year of 2005. Such volume can be
reduced to an average of 42 MW, as long as there is the occurrence of the case
provided for in Third Paragraph below.

First paragraph
Purchaser shall calculate, until the 15th of December of each year, the average
for the next year, considering that such calculation may be reviewed every three
months, so long as it complies with the Market Procedures related to this issue.
However, Purchaser must preserve the annual total of Contracted Electrical
Energy and the monthly amounts must be within the limits of 85% (eighty-five
percent) and 115% (one hundred fifteen percent) of the yearly average Contracted
Electrical Energy.

Second Paragraph
Purchaser shall have the right to effect the modulation by Load Basis of the
Contracted Electrical Energy, as long as it is informed and as long as it is in
compliance with the Market Procedures related to the issue, being that such
modulation must, however, preserve the amounts of Load Basis within 75%
(seventy-five percent) and 125% (one hundred twenty-five percent) of the monthly
average Contracted Electrical Energy.

Third paragraph
Purchaser agrees that the volume of Contracted Electrical Energy may be
reduced, by Seller, within the limits established in the caption of Fourth
Clause, according to the consuming market variations of Purchaser, due to an
eventual reduction of consumers that may have decided to become free consumers,
and Purchaser must (i) notify Seller 4 (four) months in advance, as stated in
Clause 25 below, about such fact and (ii) attest the referred to reduction in an
unequivocal manner.


                                    CHAPTER V


                             Price and Payment Terms


5th Clause
The Price shall be of R$ 56.87/ MWh (fifty-six reais eighty seven cents per
Megawatt/hour), dated of January, 2002. Each and any cost, liability, tax,
contribution, fee and tariff due in the terms of the Applicable Legislation for


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the delivery of the Contracted Electrical Energy at the Delivery Point are
included in the Price, keeping the Paragraphs below.

First Paragraph
 The parties agree that it shall be the entire responsibility of Seller to
deliver the Contracted Electrical Energy at the Delivery Point, Seller shall
take on all the risks, obligations, responsibilities, tariffs and liabilities of
distribution and loss of transmission perchance owed and/or verified until the
Delivery Point.

Second Paragraph
The Parties agree, yet, that Purchaser shall take on all the risks, obligations,
responsibilities, tariffs, costs and liabilities of transmission, distribution
and connection, and losses of transmission perchance incident and/or verified
after the delivery of the Contracted Electrical Energy at the Delivery Point.

Third Paragraph
Price shall be readjusted yearly, or in the least allowed time period by the
Applicable Legislation, from August 2002 to August 2005, according to variations
of IGPM.

Fourth Paragraph
It is understood by the Parties that Price corresponds to the specific MWh and
to the proper capacity necessary for its production, even if in an ephemeral
manner.

6th Clause
The charging of the Contracted Electrical Energy shall be object of invoices, to
be issued monthly, in the period provided for in Third Paragraph below,
independent of the number of Accounting Periods within the month, and must be
forwarded by the Seller to Purchaser, with the following discrimination:

o  Volume of Contracted Electrical Energy, clearly made known in MWh;
o  Price, clearly made known in R$/ MWh;
o  Total due sum, obtained by the multiplication of the volume of Electrical
   Energy purchased for the Price.

Sole paragraph
The payment of the monthly invoice shall take place on the 5th (fifth) working
day after the last month of supply.

7th Clause
The Price mentioned in 5th Clause above shall be readjusted during the whole
Period of Supply, every 12 (twelve) months (or at the smallest periodicity
allowed by the Applicable Legislation, based on the accumulated variation of the
IGPM in that period (or Another Index), which shall correspond to the index
obtained by the division of the indexes of IGPM of the month preceding the
readjustment and of the month before the last readjustment.

8th Clause
In case, related to any invoice, there are undisputed sums and related sums
which Purchaser may have questioned the respective certainty and liquidity,
Purchaser, independent of the questioning presented in print to Seller, before
the Due Date, must, in the respective Due Date, make the payment of the
unquestionable parcel, risking, with the objection, to portray its default.
Having solved the matter related to the questioned parcel within at most 10
(ten) Working Days, Purchaser must, within 5 (five) Working Days from the date
in which the composition between the Parties shall take place, make the payment
of the remaining parcel of the value of the referred parcel, plus interest, in
the terms of 9th Clause below. The interest shall be calculated pro rata die
between the Due Date of the respective invoice and the date of the effective
payment, being understood and accepted that the interest rate above mentioned
shall only be applicable to the remaining values, object of controversy.

9th Clause
In case, for any reason, Purchaser does not pay the invoice or part of the sum
of the invoice issued by Seller on the Due Date or, in case of the non-payment
of part of the invoice, within the period established in 8th Clause above,
whichever the case, Purchaser shall be subject to the payment of the due sum,
plus a fine of 2% (two percent) and of interest at the rate of 1% (one percent)
a month, these being calculated since the Due Date of the respective invoice
until the date of the effective payment.


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10th Clause
Any values owed by one Party to the other Party may be compensated, on their due
dates, with credits the owing Party may have against the Creditor Party
resulting from this Contract.

                                   CHAPTER VI

                         Representations and Guarantees



11th Clause
Seller expressly represents and guarantees to Purchaser that:

(i)      it detains all the legal, governmental and regulatory authorizations
         necessary for the execution of this Contract and to assume and
         fulfillment the obligations resulting from it;
(ii)     it has obtained all the board approvals necessary for the execution of
         this Contract and the assumption and fulfillment of its obligations in
         the terms of this instrument;
(iii)    the execution of this Contract does not violate any contract of which
         it is part and that it does not violate any obligation, administrative
         or legal decisions that may be oppose to it or to which it may be
         subject;
(iv)     the obligations taken in this Contract are legal, valid and feasible,
         according to the respective terms and conditions;
(v)      it possesses all the legal, governmental and regulatory authorizations
         necessary for the performance of its activities;
(vi)     all the information furnished to Purchaser is complete and exact,
         considering it is contained in written records, reports, mailings and
         any other instrument, written or electronic;
(vii)    there is no existence, at this date, of any action, investigation or
         administrative or legal procedure instituted against Seller that
         affects or may come to affect the sale and delivery of the Contracted
         Electrical Energy by Purchaser; and
(viii)   it shall keep valid, when fit, all the statements listed in the above
         topics during the complete Period of Validity.

12th Clause
Purchaser expressly represents and guarantees to Seller that:

(i)      it possesses all the legal, governmental and regulatory authorizations
         necessary for the execution of this Contract and to assume and fulfill
         the obligations resulting from it;
(ii)     it has obtained all the board approvals necessary to execute this
         Contract and for the assumption and fulfillment of its obligations in
         the terms of this instrument;
(iii)    the execution of this Contract does not violate any contract of which
         it is a Party, or any obligation, administrative and legal decision
         that may oppose it or to which it is subject;
(iv)     the obligations taken in this Contract are legal, valid and feasible,
         according to the respective terms and conditions;
(v)      it possesses all the legal, governmental and regulatory authorizations
         necessary for the performance of its activities;
(vi)     all the information furnished to Seller is complete and exact,
         considering it is contained in written records, reports, mailings and
         any other instrument, written or electronic;
(vii)    there is no existence, at this date, of any action, investigation or
         administrative or legal procedure instituted against Purchaser that
         affects or may come to affect its financial-economical condition to buy
         the Contracted Electrical Energy from Seller; and
(viii)   it shall keep valid, when fit, all the statements listed in the above
         topics during the complete Period of Validity.

                                   CHAPTER VII


                           Obligations of the Parties

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13th Clause
With no jeopardy to the other obligations herein provided, the Parties obligate
themselves to:

(i)      observe and fulfill rigorously the Applicable Legislation in its social
         deals and/or activities to be performed in the terms of the present
         Contract, especially those of general or specific nature, derived from
         ANEEL, ONS, MAE or of any other agent or regulatory organ of the
         Brazilian electrical system with jurisdiction on the subject

(ii)     obtain and keep valid and effective, during the whole Period of
         Validity, all the licenses and authorization inherent to its social
         deals and/or the fulfillment of the obligations assumed in the present
         Contract;


(iii)    inform in at least 48 (forty eight) hours counting from the date of the
         acknowledgement of the event, the other Party about any event, of any
         nature, that may represent a threat to the full and punctual
         fulfillment of the obligations assumed in the terms of this Contract;
         and

(iv)     in case Seller, proceeds to registration, at Sinercom, of the
         information in this Contract, and in the case Purchaser, proceed to the
         communication of confirmation of the information in this Contract at
         Sinercom, all in conformity with the deadlines of registry established
         in the Market Rules and Market Procedures.

                                  CHAPTER VIII


                                  Cancellation

14th Clause
The present Contract may be rightfully cancelled by the lawful Party in case of
non-fulfillment, by one of the Parties, of any of its obligation, as well as in
the occurrence of any of the following hypotheses:

         (i)    declaration of bankruptcy, grant of a creditors agreement, legal
                or extra-judicial dissolution or liquidation of the other Party,
                independent of notice or notification;

         (ii)   in case the other Party may come to have any legal, governmental
                or regulatory authorization indispensable for the fulfillment of
                the obligations foreseen in the present Contract revoked, or
                have any of its rights as a member of MAE suspended due to the
                non-fulfillment of the Applicable Legislation;

         (iii)  in case the registration of the Contract be cancelled by MAE or
                any other competent authority;

         (iv)   in case, by action or omission of the other Party, MAE refuses
                to proceed to the accounting and/or liquidation of the present
                Contract;

         (v)    in case the other Party does not fulfill or if it contravenes
                the Applicable Legislation, Net Procedures, Market Procedures or
                Market Rules to which it is subject for the fulfillment of its
                obligation in the terms of the present Contract;


         (vi)   in case one of the Parties does not make the payment of any sum
                owed to the Party in the terms of 8th Clause;

         (vii)  in case of a total or partial non-fulfillment, by any of the
                Parties, of the established in topic (iv) of 13th Clause above;
                or


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         (viii) in case the other Party has stated information that may reveal
                itself as incorrect, incomplete or untrue on the date in which
                it was stated in Chapter VI of this Contract,

         First Paragraph
         The non-fulfillment, by any of the Parties, of any obligation provided
         for in this Contract, including 14h Clause, if not amended in the
         deadline of 30 (thirty) days, counting from the reception, by the
         transgressing Party, of a written notification sent by the other Party,
         will give the latter the right to consider this Contract as expired,
         making the other Party subject to the immediate penalties provided for
         in 15th Clause below and obligating it to keep the other Party exempted
         from any obligation or responsibility, including towards MAE and
         others.

         Second Paragraph
         It is agreed and just that, during the periods for the compensation of
         non-payment referred to in this Clause, the transgressing Party shall
         be responsible to pay indemnity of the liabilities borne by the other
         Party towards MAE and others during such period, based on the MAE
         Price, in case the registry of the Contract at Sinercom be affected.

                                   CHAPTER IX

                         Responsibility and Compensation

         15th Clause
         The Party that, by its action or omission, gives cause to the
         cancellation of the present Contract due to the non-fulfillment of any
         of the obligations provided for in the present Contract or in the
         occurrence of any of the cases of 14th Clause above, shall be obligated
         to pay the offended Party, in a deadline of 5 (five days) counting from
         the effectuation of the cancellation, the total set of penalties
         described in items (1) and (2), listed below:

         1.   compensatory fine for cancellation equivalent to 10% (ten
              percent) of the balance of the complete worth of the Contract,
              calculated according to the formula described below:

         Fine = 10% x balance of the complete worth of the Contract


         Where:

         "balance of the complete worth of the Contract" = the product of the
         multiplication of the Price of the Contract on the date of effectuation
         of the cancellation times the volume of Contracted Electrical Energy,
         for the remaining period of the Period of Validity.

         2.   direct losses and damages for the cancellation of the Contract,
              as shown below:

         (i)  in case the cancellation of the Contract be caused by Purchaser:
              Purchaser must pay Seller for the losses and damages
              corresponding to the described below:


         Contract LDs = Volume of Contracted Electrical Energy x (Price - Price
         of Replacement Electrical Energy)

Where:

         Contract LDs means the losses and damages suffered by Seller;


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         Volume of Contracted Electrical Energy means the volume of
Contracted Electrical Energy for the remaining Period of Validity of the
contract between the date of effectuation of the cancellation and the date of
the end of the Period of Validity;

         Price means the Price at the date of effectiveness of the cancellation
of the Contract; and


         Price of Replacement Electrical Energy means the MAE Price of the
substitute electrical energy to be acquired in the terms of the contract of
replacement of electrical energy.

         OR


(ii)     in case the cancellation of the Contract be caused by Seller : Seller
         must pay Purchaser for the Losses and damages correspondent to the
         described below:


                  Contract LDs = Volume of Contracted Electrical Energy x (Price
                  of Replacement Electrical Energy - Price)


Where:

         Contract LDs means the losses and damages suffered by Purchaser;

         Volume of Contracted Electrical Energy means the volume of Contracted
         Electrical Energy for the remaining Period of Validity of the Contract,
         between the date of effectuation of the cancellation and the date of
         expiration of the Expiration period;

         Price of Replacement Electrical Energy means the MAE Price of the
         substitute electrical energy to be acquired in the terms of the
         contract of replacement of electrical energy; and

         Price means the Price at the date of effectuation of the cancellation
         of the Contract.

First Paragraph
In case the difference between the worth of Price and MAE Price for the
Replacement Electrical Energy to be acquired by means of a contract of
replacement of electrical energy, in the terms of sub-item (i), or vice versa,
in the terms of sub-item (ii), referred to in item (2) above, be negative, the
transgressing Party shall only pay the fine for advance cancellation referred to
in item (1) above to other Party.

Second paragraph
It is expressly agreed that the rightful Party shall not be obligated to execute
a contract of replacement of purchase/sale of electrical energy, referred to in
item (2) above, to count the direct losses and damages due to the advance
cancellation of the Contract.

Third paragraph
It is expressly agreed between the Parties that the complete value of the
indemnity to be paid in the terms of this Clause, shall be limited to 24 (twenty
four) times the average sum of the 12 (twelve) last invoices preceding the
occurrence of the fact giving cause to the indemnity.


16th Clause
The responsibility for the indemnity for losses and damages of each of the
Parties in the course of this Contract shall be, in any hypothesis, limited to
the sums Established in 14th Clause and 15th Clause above, considering that none
of the Parties shall take on any responsibility of compensating the other for
any emerging losses, including discontinued earnings, moral damages or of any
nature.


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                                    CHAPTER X


                        Fortuitous Case and Higher Power


17th Clause
In case any of the Parties cannot fulfill any of its obligations resulting from
this Contract for a reason of Higher Power, the Contract shall remain valid, but
the affected obligations shall be suspended throughout the lasting of the
effects of the Higher Power.

First Paragraph
The Party affected by the occurrence of an event of Higher Power must
communicate the fact to the other Party within 24(twenty-four) hours counting
from the verification date of the event, through written notification, with a
thorough description of the event of Higher Power, in which must be information
that indicates the nature of the event, to which level it compromises the
fulfillment of its obligations in the terms of this Contract and the estimate of
the period in which the event of Higher Power shall keep it from fulfilling the
suspended obligations due to the referred event. The suspension of the
obligations due to the Higher Power shall not have the effect of exempting the
affected Party from the faithful and whole fulfillment of the obligations that
had been due before the occurrence of the event of Higher Power.

Second Paragraph
The Party affected by the event of Higher Power commits itself to either adopt
all the measures that may be at its reach to overcome the effects resulting from
the Higher Power that upset the fulfillment of its obligations or mitigate the
extension of these effect with a view on the fulfillment, even if partial, of
its obligations in the terms of this Contract.

Third Paragraph
Having ceased the event of Higher Power, the Party that had been affected by
such must communicate the fact to the other Party within 24 (twenty-four) hours,
through written notification, and retake immediately the fulfillment of the
affected obligations in the terms of this Contract.

Fourth paragraph
With no jeopardy of the established in article 393 of Law n. 10,406, of January
10, 2002, The Parties shall consider as events of Higher Power any act or fact,
with occurrence impossible for the Parties to foresee, or that even if foreseen
will have unpredictable consequences, as well as those against which its
diligent action had not been enough to avoid or is not enough to amend, among
which:

(i)      any phenomenon of nature, such as storms, floods, landslides,
         lightning, earthquakes and other earth shakings; or
(ii)     any unexpected events caused by man, beyond the control of the Parties,
         that may affect the execution of the Contract, such as wars, sabotages,
         military blockades, public riot, mutinies, embargoes, repression, civil
         commotion, or other acts of public enemies, strikes or other industrial
         or labor disturbs in a national or regional range.


Fifth Paragraph
By no means, for the purposes of this Contract, there will be the form of an
event of Higher Power in the occurrence of any of the acts or facts listed below
that may affect an obligation of physical or financial nature of any of the
Parties:

(i)      problems and/or hardships of financial-economical order of any of the
         Parties;
(ii)     loss of market by Purchaser or the impossibility of Purchaser using or
         reselling, in an economical sense, the Contracted Electrical Energy;
(iii)    reasonably expected adverse weather conditions;
(iv)     the promulgation of creation, extinction or modification of the
         Applicable Legislation and any regulation, resolution or similar act by
         ANEEL, MAE and/or of any other inherent governmental authority, as well
         as


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         the cancellation or expiration of or the non-possession of any
         necessary approval from a governmental authority; and/or
(v)      any failure in the installation of connection, transmission lines,
         distribution lines, transformers, and other correlated devices, part of
         the system of transmission of electrical energy necessary for the
         delivery of the Established Electrical Energy ;


Sixth Paragraph
The Parties acknowledge and agree that the improper claim, by any of the
Parties, of the occurrence of any of the events mentioned in the topics of Fifth
Paragraph above to justify the non-fulfillment of its obligations in the terms
of this Contract, shall entitle the other Party to promote the cancellation of
this Contract, thus the Party which gave cause to the respective cancellation
becomes subject to the penalties provided for in 15th Clause of this Contract.

Seventh paragraph
 In case an event of Higher Power may come to least 90 (ninety) or more
consecutive days, any of the Parties may notify the other Party of its intention
of canceling this Contract, case in which there shall be no indemnity from one
Party towards the other Party.

                                   CHAPTER XI


                 Taxes and changes in the Applicable Legislation

18th Clause
Except if clearly agreed in a distinguished manner by the Parties in this
Contract, each of the Parties shall be responsible for the payment of taxes
collected for the operations contemplated in this Contract, in the manner
determined by the Applicable Legislation, the responsible Party committing
itself to keep the other Party free and exempted from responsibilities related
to the taxes withheld or when the payment of such be its responsibility.

19th Clause
In case of the beginning of the validity or alteration of the Applicable
Legislation, except in what regards the corporate income tax and the social
contribution over the net profit, especially the related to the electricity
sector, that may financially overload, trouble or jeopardize the punctual and
faithful fulfillment of the obligations of the Parties in the terms of this
Contract, or that may directly cause a substantial alteration in the initial
financial-economical equation of the deal, based on which the terms and
conditions of Price established in this Contract were defined, the Parties shall
evaluate, by means of a justified request of the Party considering itself
jeopardized, within the period of 30 (thirty) days counting from the mentioned
request, the impacts of such alteration of the Applicable legislation in the
obligations , in special those of financial nature, of the Parties in the terms
of this Contract, committing itself, from this date on, to adopt measures that
reestablish, as much as possible, the status quo ante of the beginning of the
validity or the alteration of the Applicable Legislation, in special alternative
solutions that may avoid a Price review. In the evaluation request referred to
in this Clause there must be information indicating clearly:

(i)      the range of the alteration of the Applicable Legislation and its
         effects on the fulfillment of the contract obligations of the
         jeopardized Party; and
(ii)     the additional costs to be accounted or, depending on the case, the
         cost decreased due to the beginning of validity or the alteration of
         the Applicable Legislation accompanied, whenever possible, of the
         respective certifying documents.

Sole paragraph
In case the alteration of the Applicable Legislation has the alteration of the
ensured amount of energy and power of an independent producer as a consequence,
the Contract must be altered in a way to adapt the Contracted Electrical Energy
to the new establishments of the Applicable Legislation.

                                   CHAPTER XII


                              Solution of Conflicts


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20th Clause
Any disagreement derived from this Contract, including the ones relative to its
validity, range, interpretation, or application may be solved by arbitration,
respecting the terms of First Paragraph and of the other Paragraphs below.

First Paragraph
In case of disagreement, as described above any of the Parties may notify the
other party, in the terms of 25th Clause, about the existence and content of the
disagreement ("Disagreement Notice"). Counting from the date of the reception of
the Disagreement Notice, each of the Parties shall have 5 (five) Working Days to
indicate a representative to negotiate the solution to the disagreement. As soon
as both Parties have indicated a delegate, and with a final deadline of 5 (five)
Working days counting from the reception of the Disagreement Notice, the Parties
shall have 30 (thirty) days to reach an agreement regarding the disagreement. In
case a deal is not drawn within this deadline by the delegates of the Parties,
the disagreement shall be subject to arbitration in the terms and conditions
below, being that any of the Parties may start the process.

Second Paragraph
The court of arbitration shall be composed of 3 (three) arbitrators, each of the
Parties shall choose or elect an arbitrator, the third arbitrator (who shall act
as the President of the court of arbitration), being elected in agreement the
two previously chosen arbitrators. In case the two arbitrators do not come to an
agreement, the third arbitrator shall be indicated by the President of the
Chamber FGV Conciliation and Arbitration (Camara FGV de Conciliacao e
Arbitragem).

Third paragraph
The court shall be located in the city of Sao Paulo and shall be administrated
by the Chamber FGV Conciliation and Arbitration (Camara FGV de Conciliacao e
Arbitragem), and its rules shall be obeyed in the process, keeping the
established in the Federal law n. 9,307/96. The regulation by the Chamber FGV
Conciliation and Arbitration (Camara FGV de Conciliacao e Arbitragem), valid at
the date of notice provided for in First Paragraph above, and the established in
Federal Law n. 9,307/96, as altered until the same date, integrate the present
Contract. All the arbitration procedures shall be performed in the Portuguese
language.

Fourth Paragraph
The decisions shall be adopted by the majority of the arbitrators of the
arbitration court and cannot be based on the principle of equity, being
obligated to keep the foreseen in the legal and/or normative dispositions of
Republica Federativa do Brasil or the applicable contract establishments.

Fifth Paragraph
The access to the Judiciary shall only be allowed in the cases clearly foreseen
in Federal Law n. 9,307/96. In cases when the access to the Judiciary be
allowed, the Parties elect the Court of Justice of the City of Sao Paulo, with
the exclusion of any other no matter the more qualified it may be, to know of
actions that guarantee the complete fulfillment of the arbitration procedure and
to execute the final arbitration sentence, whenever necessary.

Sixth Paragraph
The Party that for any reason frustrates or counterchecks the initiation of the
court of arbitration, be it not adopting the necessary arrangements within the
due period, or be it forcing the other party to adopt the measures foreseen in
Article 7 of Federal Law n. 9,307/96, or yet not fulfilling all the terms of the
arbitration sentence, shall pay the fine not susceptible of compensation
equivalent to R$ 5,000 (five thousand Reais), to be updated according to the
annual variation of the IGPM, per day of delay in the initiation of the
arbitration court or in the fulfillment of the established in the arbitration
sentence, with no jeopardy to the determinations and penalties within such
sentence.

                                  CHAPTER XIII


                              General Dispositions

21st Clause
None of the Parties may forsake or transfer, total or partially the present
Contract or any of the obligations herein foreseen, without the previous written
consent of the other Party, which cannot be denied without a justified reason.


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First Paragraph
In case a Party wishes to effectuate the cession of this Contract or any other
obligation herein foreseen to a Related Party or Others, the other Party commits
itself to appear as an agreeing intervening agent in the respective instrument
of cession, as long as the Assignor certifies to the Yielded Party that the
Assignor shall declare what regards 11th Clause, or if the case demands, 12th
clause, that it shall grant the guarantees and that it shall obligate itself to
fulfill the other obligations of this Contract, in special those contained in
13th Clause.

Second paragraph
In Case the Assignor does not meet the conditions established in First paragraph
above, the Yielded Party may at its unique will not agree with the cession,
being such refusal considered, for all legal purposes and effects, as impeditive
to the cession.

22nd Clause
The present Contract obligates the Parties, successors and yielded parties to
any title.

23rd Clause
None of the Parties may reveal, motivate or allow the disclosure of any
information related to this Contract, without previous authorization, in writing
by the other Party, unless if with the purpose of implementing the operation
provided for in this Contract.

24th Clause
The tolerance by the Parties of any disobedience to the obligations assumed in
this Contract, shall not be considered novation, forsaking or discontinuance of
any right, constituting a mere liberty, not impeding the tolerant Party from
demanding from the other Party the faithful fulfillment of this Contract, at any
time.

25th Clause
Any notice or other communication from one Party to another regarding this
Contract, shall be done in writing and may be delivered personally or sent by
mail, fax or electronic mail, in any case with evidence of its reception, being
them obligated to address in the manner described below, being that each part
may modify these data by means of a written notification to the other Part, that
must be attached to the present Contract: (a) if to Seller, at the address
present in the introduction of this Contract:

Att.: Antonio Jose Sellare
Tel.: (11)- 3218-9200
Fax: (11)- 3120-3282

(b) if to Purchaser, at the address present in the introduction of this
Contract:

Att.: Armando Fernandes Bernardes
Tel.: 027-3321-9335
Fax: 027-3321-9303

26th Clause
The commercialization of the Contracted Electrical Energy regarding the Present
Contract is subordinated to the valid Applicable legislation, as well as to the
Market Rules and to the Network Procedures, which shall prevail in omitted cases
or in perchance disagreements. Any future modification in the Applicable
Legislation or in the Market Rules and/or Network procedures, which may come to
affect the adjustments established in this Contract, shall be considered
immediately and automatically applicable.

27th Clause
In case of any of the dispositions provided for in this Contract come to be
declared illegal, invalid or unfeasible, the remaining dispositions shall not be
affected, remaining in full course, producing their legal and judicial effects.
At the occurrence of the hypothesis here foreseen, the parties obligate
themselves, from this date, to seek a solution that, in a legal valid and
feasible manner, may substitute and assist to the objectives of the disposition
considered illegal, invalid or unfeasible.


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28th Clause
This Contract is executed in Portuguese and shall be ruled and interpreted by
the laws of Republica Federativa do Brasil. Any version of this Contract in
another language shall not have any effect between the Parties and/or before
other and may not be used by those and these in any procedure, instance or
court, as evidence or for purposes of interpretation of the dispositions in this
Contract.



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       Signature Sheet of the Contract of Purchase and sale of electrical
           Energy celebrated on September 26, 2003, between ENERTRADE
          Comercializadora de Energia Eletrica S.A. and Espirito Santo
                        Centrais Eletricas S.A.- ESCELSA.




And having between themselves agreed upon this Contract as just and contracted,
the parties hereto have hereunto signed the present document in 3 (three)
copies, of equal content and for one sole effect, in the presence of the
witnesses signed below.


Sao Paulo, September 26, 2003.




ENERTRADE - COMERCIALIZADORA DE ENERGIA S.A.
By: Antonio Jose Sellare
Post: Financial Director





ENERTRADE S.A
By: Carlos Alberto Silva de Almeida e Loureiro
Post: Attorney





ESCELSA- Espirito Santo Centrais Eletricas S.A
By: Antonio Eduardo da Silva Oliva
Post: CEO





ESCELSA- Espirito Santo Centrais Eletricas S.A
By: Armando Fernandes Bernardo
Post: Commercial Director





Witnesses:
Name:
ID (RG):
Social security (CPF):

Name:
ID (RG):
Social security (CPF):


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