**Exhibit 12.2**

**CERTIFICATION**

I, Flávio Decat deMoura, certify that:

1. I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 20-F of CEMIG;

2. Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

4. The company’sother certifying 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 internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by theannual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The company’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’sauditors and the audit committee of company’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):

a. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the designor operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and

b. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal controlover financial reporting.
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|                      |   | /s/ Flávio Decat de Moura |
|                      |   | Name:                          | Flávio Decat de Moura |
|                      |   | Title:                         | Chief Financial and Investor Relations |
| Date: June 30,  2006 |   |                           | Officer |

 

A signed originalof this written statement required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by theCompany and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staffupon request.

 

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