**Exhibit 12.2**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Flávio Decat de Moura, certify that:

 

1.          I have reviewed thisannual report on Form 20-F of CEMIG;

 

2.          Based on my knowledge,this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in lightof the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.          Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in thisreport, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report;

 

4.          The company’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the company and have:

 

a. designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, toensure that material information relating to the company, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period coveredby this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c. disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal controlover financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annualreport that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.          The company’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and theaudit committee of company’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

 

a.  allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b.  anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the company’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

 
|   | /s/ Flávio  Decat de Moura |                                            |
|--------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|   | Name:                           | Flávio Decat de  Moura                     |
|   | Title:                          | Chief Financial and Investor Relations  Officer |
|   |                            |                                            |
| Date:  | May 25, 2005               |                                            |   |
|        |                                 |                                                 |  |  |

 

A signed original of this written statementrequired by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has beenprovided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished tothe Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

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