Yesterday, May 12, FGV welcomed the President of Furnas, Flávio Decat, for a meeting with the objective of strengthening the relationship between the two institutions and discuss the outlook of the energy sector in the country.The meeting was attended by FGV's president, Professor Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal; the engineer, executive secretary of Science and Technology from 1995 to 1998 and member of FGV's Board, Lindolpho Dias; FGV Energy's director, Carlos Otávio Quintella, and Luiz Roberto Bezerra, of FGV Energy.At the occasion, a positive agenda of actions to improve the Brazilian energy matrix was addressed.The first hydroelectric plant in BrazilFurnas is a government-controlled company - subsidiary of Eletrobras and linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy - dedicated to the generation and transmission of electric energy in Brazil.Founded in 1950, Furnas' mission was to heal the energy crisis that threatened the country. Usina de Furnas was the first large hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, with a capacity of 1,216 MW, established in Rio Grande, in Minas Gerais state, in 1958.In 1963, through the Federal Decree No. 41,066, the company Central Elétrica de Furnas started to effectively operate in the city of Passos (MG). Today, it's main offices are located in Rio de Janeiro and it has businesses in the Federal District and the states of Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Tocantins, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Rondônia, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará.About FGV EnergyFGV Energy is a research center linked to FGV's presidency, whose objective is to produce, promote and disseminate research and knowledge in the energy sector to support FGV's strategic positioning in the energy sector, strengthening its recognition and actions as a think tank in the sector.FGV Energy focuses on studying the energy sector with an emphasis on seven large areas (oil, natural gas, electricity, nuclear energy, biofuels, renewable sources and energy efficiency) to assist private companies and the government in their decision making processes, and establish partnerships with other institutions and research centers in Brazil and abroad.