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CENTRAIS ELÉTRICAS BRASILEIRAS S/A CNPJ: 00.001.180/0001-26 | NIRE: 533.0000085-9 PUBLIC COMPANY

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S/A ('Company' or 'Eletrobras') (B3: ELET3, ELET5 & ELET6; NYSE: EBR & EBR.B; LATIBEX: XELT.O & XELT.B) hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, on this date, Decree 10,791/2021, of September 10, 2021, was published in the Official Gazette of the Union, creating the Empresa Brasileira de Participações em Energia Nuclear e Binacional S.A. - ENBpar. The new state-owned company, created as a result of Eletrobras' capitalization process, as provided for in Law No. 14.182/2021, was designed as a holding model and will have as its objective to hold the share capital and commercialization of the Itaipu hydroelectric plant, to be the partner majority in Eletronuclear, manage the contracts of the Global Reversion Reserve - RGR signed until 2016 and the following government programs: National Program for the Conservation of Electric Energy - Procel, Incentive Program for Alternative Sources of Electric Energy - PROINFA, Mais Luz para Amazônia and Mais Luz para Todos.

The form of segregation of assets is still under evaluation by BNDES and must be approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Eletrobras, pursuant to article 3 of Law 14182/2021.

The full text of Decree 10,791/2021 is available in the Federal Official Gazette (http://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/decreto-n-10.791-de-10-de-setembro-de-2021-344145312).

Rio de Janeiro, September 13, 2021

Elvira Cavalcanti Presta

CFO and Investor Relations Officer

This document may contain estimates and forecasts that are not statements of fact that occurred in the past but reflect our management beliefs and expectations and may constitute future events' forecasts and estimates under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words 'believe', 'may', 'estimate', 'continue', 'anticipate', 'intend', 'expect' and related words are intended to identify estimates that necessarily involve risks and uncertainties, known or unknown . Known risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: general economic, regulatory, political and commercial conditions in Brazil and abroad, changes in interest rates, inflation and value of the Real, changes in volumes and the pattern of use of electricity by consumer, competitive conditions, our level of indebtedness, the possibility of receiving payments related to our receivables, changes in rainfall and water levels in the reservoirs used to operate our hydroelectric plants, our financing and capital investment plans, existing and future government regulations , and other risks described in our annual report and other documents filed with CVM and SEC. Estimates and forecasts refer only to the date they were expressed and we assume no obligation to update any of these estimates or forecasts due to the occurrence of new information or future events. Future results of the Company's operations and initiatives may differ from current expectations and the investor should not rely solely on the information contained herein. This material contains calculations that may not reflect accurate results due to rounding.

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