CHANGE OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

CVM Ruling Nº 308/99

São Paulo, November 17th, 2017 - EDP - Energias do Brasil S.A. ("EDP" or "Company") ("BM&FBOVESPA: ENBR3"), pursuit to the provisions of CVM Ruling number 308/99, announces to its shareholders, the market and the Brazilian Securities Exchange Commission - CVM the change of its independent auditors to the execution of independent external audit of the Company, to be held by KPMG Auditores Independentes ("KPMG") replacing PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes ("PwC"). KPMG will begin its activities from the revision of 2018's quarterly information.

KPMG's hiring as an independent audit of the Company aims to attend the provision of art. 31 of CVM Ruling nº 308/99, which sets the mandatory rotation of the independent auditor every five years, and PwC has agreed with respect to the replacement, in the terms of art. 28 of the same ruling, remaining still, as the independent auditor of the Company until the closure of the financial statements regarding the 2017 accounting year.

Miguel Nuno Simões Nunes Ferreira Setas

CEO and Investor Relations Officer

Valdir Renato Coscodai

PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes

Marilia Nogueira Tainah Costa Maria Rodrigues Amanda Pecorari Emille Reckia +55 (11) 2185-5907

ri@edpbr.com.br www.edpbr.com.br/ri

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