ENGIE BRASIL ENERGIA S.A.

A Publicly Listed Company - CNPJ 02.474.103/0001-19

NIRE 4230002438-4

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET

ENGIE BRASIL ENERGIA IS INCLUDED IN THE 100 MOST SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL CORPORATIONS

ENGIE BRASIL ENERGIA S.A. ("EBE") (B3: EGIE3, ADR: EGIEY) announces to its shareholders and the market at large that it has been included in the 14th annual ranking of the Global 100 List of the Most Sustainable Large Corporations in 52nd place. The announcement was made in the context of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The ranking has been prepared since inception in 2005 by Corporate Knights, a Canadian media and investment consultancy, involving the participation of nearly 6 thousand publicly listed companies worldwide.

Each corporation is evaluated based on a combination of up to 17 environmental, social and governance indicators with respect to their industry peers using publicly available information - the companies making up the Global 100 ranking are from 22 countries and encompass all sectors of the economy. EBE is one of five Brazilian corporations to have been included in the list for 2018.

The Global 100 ranking is designed to identify those companies best equipped to sustainably develop over the long term.

Eduardo Sattamini, EBE's CEO, declared that "EBE is more than ever focused on generating long-term value and the inclusion in this ranking is one more recognition of the correctness of this strategy. In addition, being among the five Brazilian corporations on the 2018 list is reason for great pride. This achievement has only been made possible thanks to the freedom to adopt best governance and management practices as well as to the support of our controlling shareholder. We continue to pursue our commitment of always being in the vanguard of sustainable practices".

For full ranking, details of methodology and additional comparison and breakdowns, please seewww.corporateknights.com/global100.

Florianpolis, January 23, 2018.

Eduardo Antonio Gori Sattamini

Carlos Freitas

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

ENGIE BRASIL ENERGIA S.A. Rua Paschoal Apóstolo Pítsica, 5064 - CEP 88025-255

Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brasil

Tel: +55 (48) 3221-7225 - Fax: +55 (48) 3221-7166 -www.engieenergia.com.brri.brenergia@engie.com

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