Energy

In terms of energy, CSN Energia is responsible for the interface between the needs involving the consumption of electricity at the Group’s industrial units and the sector’s agents: Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), National Operator of the System (ONS), Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE), transmission companies, distributors, among others. Among the Company’s energy assets, at the Presidente Vargas Steelworks (UPV), in Volta Redonda (RJ), there are two Thermoelectric Cogeneration Centers (CTE1 and CTE2) with annual installed capacity of 10 MW and 235 MW, which are generated through from use of the waste gasses from steel production, and also holds a 48.75% stake in the share capital of Itá Energética S.A. In 2022, expanding the segment, CSN completed important acquisitions: the Quebra-Queixo Hydroelectric Plant, with an average installed capacity of 120MW; the Cachoeira dos Macacos Small Hydroelectric Plant, with an installed capacity of 3.4 MW; the Cachoeira dos Macacos Small Hydroelectric Plant, with an installed capacity of 3.4 MW; the Santa Ana Energética S.A., with 6.5MW of installed capacity; Topazio Energética S.A., holder of the concession for the exploitation of the Small Hydroelectric Plant Sacre II with 30 MW of installed capacity; and 98.96% of the shares of the State Electric Power Generation Company (CEEE-G) with 1.2 thousand MW of installed capacity.