SAO PAULO : At least five groups are interested in acquiring transmission lines put on the block by Canada's Brookfield Asset Management, Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported on Tuesday on its website.
Colombia's ISA, which controls Brazilian transmission company CTEEP, and Grupo Energia Bogota are interested in the assets, the paper reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Canadian pension funds Ontario's Teachers Pension Fund and Caisse de Depot et Placement de Quebec , and China's Southern Power Grid also intend to deliver proposals, the paper added.
Brookfield and ISA CTEEP declined to comment. Grupo Energia Bogota, OTPP, CPQD and China's Southern Power Grid did not immediately respond to requests for comment.