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SEC filingFY25 results reflected revenue resilience from free customer expansion in Minas Gerais and other states, offset by gas revenue declines from free market migration, while profitability faced pressures from elevated free-market energy purchase costs due to position-closing needs and 2025 price rises.
Cost variations were primarily driven by higher expenses for energy acquired in the free market. This arose from the need for greater purchase volumes to close positions and the elevated market prices observed in 2025, pressuring overall cost structures. These dynamics highlight CEMIG's exposure to wholesale market volatility, where position management becomes critical amid fluctuating demand and pricing.
Operationally, energy supply processes remain anchored in contracted volumes and actual deliveries. Unbilled energy supplies are estimated based on contracted amounts and delivered but unbilled volumes, ensuring accurate period-end recognition. Gas distribution revenues similarly align with contracted and distributed volumes per contractual and regulatory terms, maintaining transparency in performance tracking. Auctions continue to structure supply, distinguishing expansion-focused bids for new plants from those meeting existing demand via operating facilities.
Management's perspective emphasizes strategic resilience. For transmission and infrastructure, construction margins are set using initial profitability estimates at project inception, with allocations reflecting best expectations for implemented projects. Management anticipates indemnity values for certain assets will exceed their depreciated historic costs, providing a buffer against concession end risks. Outlook considerations note that negative net working capital and upcoming hydroelectric investments will be funded by future operational revenues, aligning capex needs with cash generation capacity. Post-operation investments in basic plant plans await grantor approval on reimbursement terms after inspection, supporting long-term infrastructure commitments.
These elements collectively explain FY25's mixed outcomes: growth in free customer bases countered migration headwinds, but cost escalations from market-driven purchases squeezed margins. Investors should monitor free-market evolution and energy pricing, as they define CEMIG's path to balancing expansion with cost discipline in Brazil's dynamic power sector.