MPX and EDB to Restart Construction of 720-Megawatt Porto do Pecem Power Plant

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--December 12, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazil's Federal Court of Justice has authorized MPX Energia S.A. (SAO:MPXE3) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Energias do Brasil S.A. (SAO:ENBR3) (Sao Paulo, Brazil), a subsidiary of Energias de Portugal (OTC:EDPFY) (Lisbon, Portugal), to restart construction of the 720-megawatt (MW) Porto do Pecem coal-fired power plant.

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