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La Caisse and Grupo Energía Bogotá to establish Brazil's 5th largest power transmission platform
Global investment group La Caisse, and Grupo Energía Bogotá ("GEB"), a leading Latin American energy infrastructure group, today announced that they have entered into a final agreement to create a jointly controlled, 50/50 power transmission platform in Brazil, bringing together their respective transmission assets in the country under a single joint venture which will retain the name Verene Energia S.A. ("Verene").
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